自
zìTraditional: 自
#1392 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
self, since, from
Word origin
A pictograph originally depicting a nose, which speakers pointed to when referring to themselves, hence the sense of self. It also serves as the preposition since or from.
- Origin
- pictographic
- Root
- 自 (zì), a pictograph of a nose, used for self
Stroke order
自
Examples
古，。
Since ancient times, people have loved music.
。
This matter must be solved by oneself.
。
He has been clever since childhood.
趟京。
This train departs from Beijing.
。
Everything has its own arrangement.
自 (zì) means self, and as a preposition since or from. It is used in compounds about oneself and to mark a starting point.
Appears in 8 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 自.
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