Chinese Character 自 Meanings and components.

Form

自

Meaning

自 meaning^[3] in English

Self.

Oneself.

From.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 自 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 自

To write自zi4self you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 丶zhu3'dot' radical …

目 + 丶 = 自

自 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 自 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 自, looks as follow:

自

Pinyin:zi4

Meaning^[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely

目

Pinyin:mu4

Meaning^[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

丶

Pinyin:zhu3

Meaning^[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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