Memory phrase for the Kanji: 自


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Meaning self, oneself, since, from

Pronunciation

Explanation

Eye with an emphasis

Mnemonic


 
The accented (= emphasized) eye shows the own self.

Radicals

selfThe Radical shows an eye and has an emphasis to express that the own person is meant.
dotIn many languages (such as French), short strokes are used above the letters to express an emphasis. This stroke is used in the mnemonics accordingly.
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 Vocabulary

 衍生物  yǎn shēng wù  
 自恃  zì shì  self esteem; self reliance; over confident; conceited
 自驾租赁  zì jià zū lìn  self-drive hire (of a car etc)
 自忖  zì cǔn  to speculate; to ponder
 自惭形秽  zì cán xíng huì  to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom); to feel inferior
 自惭形秽  zì cán xíng huì  
 自惭形秽  zì cán xíng huì  
 怡然自得  yí rán zì dé  happy and content (idiom)
 擅自  shàn zì  without permission; of one's own initiative
 自取其咎  zì qǔ qí jiù  to have only oneself to blame (idiom); to bring trouble through one's own actions
 自溺  zì nì  to drown oneself
 自溺  zì nì  

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