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Kanji Detail for 自 - "self, naturally, from"

自

  • Meaning

    自 means "self, naturally, from."

    1. Self - One's own person; oneself.

    2. Naturally - By itself; spontaneously.

    3. From - Starting point; origin.

    4. Own - Belonging to oneself.

  • Words using 自

    • 自ら みずから Listen oneself; oneself; for oneself
    • 自分 じぶん Listen myself; yourself; oneself
    • 自宅 じたく Listen one's home; one's house
    • 自民 じみん Listen Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
    • 自然 しぜん Listen nature; natural; spontaneous
    • 自由 じゆう Listen freedom; liberty
    • 自身 じしん Listen (one's) self; oneself; yourself
    • 自動車 じどうしゃ Listen car; automobile; motorcar

  • Four-character idioms with 自

    • 民族自決 みんぞくじけつ Listen self-determination of peoples
    • 自分勝手 じぶんかって Listen selfishness; egotism; egoism
    • 自問自答 じもんじとう Listen answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing
    • 自己嫌悪 じこけんお Listen self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
    • 自己顕示 じこけんじ Listen making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
    • 自暴自棄 じぼうじき Listen desperation; despair; self-abandonment

  • Tattoo check: 自

    • Verified meaning: self, naturally, from
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さつか, みず)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 自

    Given names 自(みず)Listen

    Surnames 自(さつか)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    oneself

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    self; private, personal; from

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    From. Since. Such as saying 生有自來 (life has its origin), 自今伊始 (starting from now), and such. | Oneself. Personally. Such as 自修 (self-cultivation), 自動 (automatic). | Natural without effort. Such as in geometry there are 自理 (axioms). Meaning natural principles.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ji(ジ) ジ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mizuka.ra(みずか-ら) みずか-ら

    ono.zukara(おのずか-ら) おのずか-ら

    ono.zuto(おの-ずと) おの-ずと

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    自 (mizukara)

  • Related Keywords

    self naturally from own autonomy identity individual personal source origin spontaneously oneself

Sentences including 自

  • He will have his own way in everything.

  • I've had enough of your boasts.

  • I'm very ashamed of myself about what i've done.

  • She boasts that she can swim well.

  • The boy fanned himself with his hat.

  • You may bring your own lunch to school.

  • I'll keep this cake for myself.

  • Please take one.

  • He set up his company that year.

  • My bicycle needs fixing.

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