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 kill oneself; suicide
mutual; each other; one another
to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
to frighten one another
to frighten one another
to kill each other; bitter internal fighting
to kill each other; cruel inner conflict
to boast; to blow one's own horn
to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess
to strive for self-improvement
to strive for self-improvement
to form one's own group or school of thought
to form one's own group or school of thought
self-reliant
self-sufficiency; autarchy
(literary) to hang oneself
(literary) to hang oneself
to hang oneself
to bind oneself hand and foot
to bind oneself hand and foot
free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely
actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin yuán zuì)
to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)