自 (zì): meaning and stroke order
自 (zì) means (bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course.
自
- Simplified
- 自
- Traditional
- 自 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zì
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Stroke order of 自
自
- zì (bound form) self; oneself; from; since
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Meaning of 自
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zì
- (bound form) self; oneself
- from; since
- naturally; as a matter of course
Radical and structure
- 自
- Radical 自 (Kangxi radical 132) · 6 strokes
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Words with 自
- 来自 lái zì to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 自在 zì zai comfortable; at ease
- 亲自 qīn zì personally; in person
- 自从 zì cóng since (a time); ever since
- 自由 zì yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own
- 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world)
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì (idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities
- 自古以来 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times
- 自律 zì lǜ self-discipline; self-regulation
- 自驾 zì jià to drive oneself somewhere
- 自行车 zì xíng chē bicycle; bike; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
自 in our stories
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黄州的猪肉很便宜，富人不屑吃，穷人又不会做。苏东坡就琢磨出一种慢火炖肉的方法：少放水，火候足时它自美。
Huángzhōu de zhūròu hěn piányi fùrén bú xiè chī qióngrén yòu bú huì zuò Sū Dōngpō jiù zuómo chū yì zhǒng mànhuǒ dùn ròu de fāngfǎ shǎo fàng shuǐ huǒhou zú shí tā zì měi
Pork was cheap in Huangzhou; the rich wouldn't deign to eat it and the poor didn't know how to cook it. Su Dongpo worked out a way of stewing it slowly over a low fire: use little water, and when the heat has done its work it becomes delicious by itself.
From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 自
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).