自 - Mandarin word #5040

自

zì

Traditional: 自

#5040 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

self; from (in 自己, 自由, 来自)

Stroke order

自

。

You have to believe in yourself.

英yīng。

I come from the UK.

渴kě。

We all long for freedom.

。

I make dinner myself.

。

I have loved music since I was small.

自 (zì) means self, or, as a preposition, from. It heads 自己 (oneself), 自由 (freedom), and 来自 (to come from).

来自

to come from, to originate from

自己

oneself, self

自由

freedom, liberty; free, unrestricted

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 自.

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This word is part of lesson 101.