自

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.1.1 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

This character has lost its original meaning of nose.

[edit] Han character

自 (radical 132 自+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月山 (HBU), four-corner 2600₀)

1. self, private, personal
2. from

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1000, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30095
• Dae Jaweon: page 1452, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3046, character 1
• Unihan data for U+81EA

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

自 (Yale ji6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

自 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: し (shi), じ (ji)
• Kun: みずから (mizukara), おのずから (onozukara), より (yori)

[edit] Compounds

• 自分
• 自家製 (じかせい, jikasei), “‘home-made’”)
• 自由 (じゆう, jiyū): freedom
• 自由な (じゆうな, jiyūna): (adjective) free
• 自由度 (じゆうど, jiyūdo): flexibility

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

自 (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

[edit] Compounds

• 自主
• 自註
• 自動車 (자동차)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

自 (pinyin zì (zi4), Wade-Giles tzu⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 自動
• 自信
• 自已

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

自 (tự, từ, tợ)