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自 — 6 strokes / Radical「自」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 6 strokes / Radical「自」
On
ジ・シじ・し · ji · shi
Kun
みずか(ら)mizuka(ra)
Meaning
self; oneself

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A drawing of a nose; people point at their nose for 'me' → self.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジじji自分じぶん自由じゆう各自かくじ
Onシしshi自然しぜん
Kunみずからmizukara自らみずから

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 自分じぶん

    oneself

  • 自然しぜん

    nature

More words with this kanji

  • 自転車じてんしゃ
  • 自由じゆう
  • 自覚じかく
  • 各自かくじ
  • 自信じしん
  • 自殺じさつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

自分(じぶん)で やります。

I do it myself.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

自分自然自分to div…然so臭smell止to sto…矢arrow市city寺temple地ground
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

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