己 (jǐ) is Kangxi radical no. 49, “oneself”. It also appears as 巳 (jǐ). In this form it is written with 3 strokes.
As a radical, 己 (jǐ) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “oneself” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 3 to 9 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 己 (jǐ) self, 已 (yǐ) already.
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