自

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

zì ㄗˋ

    • self oneself

      bound form

    • from since
    • naturally as a matter of course

Other words read zì

In the same tone

  • 字 zì letter
  • 渍 zì soak
  • 恣 zì abandon restraint
  • 牸 zì female of domestic animals
  • 眦 zì canthus

All 10 words read zì

zi with other tones

  • 子 zǐ son
  • 紫 zǐ purple
  • 姊 zǐ older sister
  • 缁 zī Buddhists
  • 资 zī resources

All 54 words read zi in any tone

Other words read zì

In the same tone

  • 字 zì letter
  • 漬 zì soak
  • 恣 zì abandon restraint
  • 牸 zì female of domestic animals
  • 眥 zì canthus

All 10 words read zì

zi with other tones

  • 子 zǐ son
  • 紫 zǐ purple
  • 姊 zǐ older sister
  • 緇 zī Buddhists
  • 資 zī resources

All 54 words read zi in any tone

How 自 is written

    部首 radical
    自
    笔画 strokes
    6
    结构 structure
    独体字

    自 as a 部首

    自 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 4 under 自. Look a character up by the 自 radical

    Easy to confuse with 自

    Words with 自

    Starting with 自

    • 自己 zìjǐ oneself
    • 自然 zìrán nature
    • 自治区 zìzhìqū autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities
    • 自由 zìyóu freedom
    • 自治州 zìzhìzhōu autonomous prefecture

    All 422 words starting with 自

    Ending with 自

    All 17 words ending with 自

    Containing 自

    • 李自成 lǐzìchéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
    • 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ēnshītǔjiāzúmiáozúzìzhìzhōu Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省 húběishěng
    • 独立自主 dúlìzìzhǔ self-determination
    • 文责自负 wénzézìfù author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here
    • 不由自主 bùyóuzìzhǔ involuntarily

    All 313 words containing 自

    Words with 自

    Starting with 自

    • 自己 zìjǐ oneself
    • 自然 zìrán nature
    • 自治區 zìzhìqū autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities
    • 自由 zìyóu freedom
    • 自治州 zìzhìzhōu autonomous prefecture

    All 422 words starting with 自

    Ending with 自

    All 17 words ending with 自

    Containing 自

    • 李自成 lǐzìchéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
    • 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ēnshītǔjiāzúmiáozúzìzhìzhōu Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省 húběishěng
    • 獨立自主 dúlìzìzhǔ self-determination
    • 文責自負 wénzézìfù author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here
    • 不由自主 bùyóuzìzhǔ involuntarily

    All 313 words containing 自

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