Info on the Kanji 自

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What is this? "自"

Meaning(s)

oneself

Reading(s)

onyomi JI, SHI
kunyomi mizuka-ra

Other

stroke count 6
grade 2
jlpt level N4
Example words with 自
WordMeaning

ji
self-
うみじ
umi ji
maritime self-defense force
じと
ji to
naturally
みずから
mizukara
naturally / as a matter of course
じか
jika
own / personal / autologous
じが
jiga
picture painted by oneself / self-portrait
じこう
ji kou
liberal democratic party and komeito
じこう
ji kou
automobile industry
じいま
ji ima
from now on / hereafter
じし
ji shi
suicide / apoptosis
じしゅ
jishu
independence / autonomy
じしゅう
jishuu
self-study
じちょう
jichou
weight of an vehicle
じしょく
ji shoku
characteristic colour of a pure mineral
じせい
jisei
growing wild / native
じそう
jisou
self-propulsion
じそく
jisoku
self-sufficiency / self-satisfaction
じち
ji chi
self-knowledge / knowing oneself
じてん
jiten
rotation / turning / spin
じどう
jidou
automatic / self-motion / intransitive verb
じはく
jihaku
confession / acknowledgement / acknowledgment
じはつ
jihatsu
spontaneous
じめい
jimei
obvious / self-evident / trivial / axiomatic / self-explanatory
じもん
jimon
asking oneself
じよう
ji you
for personal or private use / opinionated
じりつ
jiritsu
independence / self-reliance
じりき
jiriki
by oneself / self-made
ことじたい
kotojitai
itself
ずとおのずと
onozu to
naturally
家用じかよう
jikayou
for private or home use
習室じしゅうしつ
jishuushitsu
study room
小作じおざく
ji ozaku
landed and tenant farming / landed farming with some tenant farming on the side
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Example Sentences with 自
彼女は白いハンカチに分のイニシャルを刺繍した。

転車は都会の環境を破壊することなく資源利用を持続することのできる道具である。

僕が最後に分の考えを伝えた人は、僕を気違いだと思ったようだ。

分勝手にするつもりはない。



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