Formal or literary adverb meaning 'each person does something on their own' or 'each and every one'. Often used in classical or elevated prose.
Each person chose their own path.
They each stated their own opinion.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for this literary adverb.
Rarely used kanji form.
Formed from 己が, “each one’s own,” and the distributive suffix じし, producing the sense “each individually.”