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U+81EA, 自
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81EA

[U+81E9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+81EB]
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U+2F83, ⾃
KANGXI RADICAL SELF

[U+2F82]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F84]
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U+3242, ㉂
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH SELF

[U+3241]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3243]

Translingual

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Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #132, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1000, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30095
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1452, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3046, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+81EA
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 自, Shang ...

Pictogram (象形): a nose — original form of (OC *blids, “nose”). Phonetically borrowed for a different word OC *ɦljids, "oneself".

Folk etymology considers the meaning to arise from a habit of pointing at one’s nose to indicate oneself.

Pronunciation 1


Note: zí - used in some colloquial terms.
Note:
  • Sixian:
    • chhi/chhit/chhì/chhi̍t - only in 自家;
    • Meixian:
    • ci2 - only in 自家.

  • Dialectal data
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. self, oneself; one's own
          each minding his own business; each for himself
  2. certainly, of course
  3. personally
  4. since; from
       jiè    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
       zuǒ ér yòu   from left to right
  5. (swimming) short for 自由泳 (zìyóuyǒng, “freestyle”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: tự ()

Others:

  • Vietnamese: từ

References

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

  1. only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己潮州音乐——自己顾自己
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Japanese

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. self, oneself

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 스스로 (seuseuro ja))

  1. hanja form? of (self)

Compounds

Derived terms

Okinawan

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tự, từ, tợ

  1. chữ Hán form of tự (self)

Compounds

Idioms

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Zhuang

Proper noun

  1. Sawndip form of sw

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