self; oneself; from

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 43rd character
Radical ⾃ (132.0)
Strokes 6
Index # 477

Definitions

自 zì
  1. 1. self
  2. 2. oneself
  3. 3. from
  4. 4. since
  5. 5. naturally
  6. 6. surely

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Words containing 自

Word Meaning
to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant
to dig one's own grave
the Japanese armed forces; self-defense force
to reap what one has sown
(coll.) since
liberalism
self-confidence
self-contradictory; to contradict oneself; inconsistent
self-sufficiency; autarchy
to own; to possess; to have
semiautomatic
ashamed and unable to show one's face
to amuse oneself
self-study; to study on one's own
natural disaster
to think highly of oneself
autonomy
to ask oneself; to search one's soul
selfish
immeasurably self-satisfied
self-control
self-knowledge; knowing oneself (idiom)
to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)
to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
to find amusement in one's own way