自 (zì)
self; from; since
How 自 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Traditional
- 自
- Simplified
- 自 (unchanged)
Common words using 自
- 來自 láizì
- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 自己 zìjǐ
- oneself; one's own
- 出自 chūzì
- to come from
- 各自 gèzì
- each; respective; apiece
- 大自然 dàzìrán
- nature (the natural world)
- 獨自 dúzì
- alone
- 發自 fāzì
- to evolve from
- 自主 zìzhǔ
- independent; to act for oneself; autonomous
- 自作 zìzuò
- to act for oneself; to view oneself (to be clever, virtuous, attractive); exaggerated self-esteem
- 自信 zìxìn
- to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- 自個兒 zìgěr
- erhua variant of 自個|自个[zi4 ge3]; oneself; by oneself
- 自制 zìzhì
- to maintain self-control; self-control
自 in a sentence
我來自台南。
Wǒ láizì Táinán.
“I come from Tainan.”
How common is 自?
自 is the 43rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 28.4% of all running text.
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