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

  1. Kangxi radical #132, ⾃.
  • 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
simp. and trad.
 自
Old Chinese
郋 *ɡiːl
自 *ɦljids
洎 *krids, *ɡrids
臮 *ɡrids
垍 *ɡrids
詯 *qʰʷlɯːls, *ɡʷlɯːls

Originally a pictogram (象形) of a nose; in China (and East Asia) one points at one’s nose to indicate oneself, hence an ideogram (指事) of “self”.

The original meaning of “nose” has been replaced by 鼻.

Note: zí - used in some colloquial terms.

Note:

  • Sixian:
    • chhi/chhit/chhì/chhi̍t - only in 自家;
    • Meixian:
    • ci2 - only in 自家.

Note:

  • cī - vernacular;
  • cu̿ - vernacular (used in 自己);
  • cù - literary.

Note:

  • cê - vernacular;
  • cê̤ṳ - literary.

Note:

  • zr5 - vernacular;
  • zr4 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 自 自
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zì zì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzijH › ‹ dzijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.[b]i[t]-s/ /*s.[b]i[t]-s/
English self (adv.) to follow; from

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 自
Reading # 1/1
No. 17879
Phonetic
component 		自
Rime
group 		至
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		自
Old
Chinese 		/*ɦljids/

自

  1. self, oneself; one's own
    自顧自／自顾自  ―  zìgùzì  ―  each minding his own business; each for himself
  2. certainly, of course
  3. personally
  4. since; from
    借自  ―  jiè zì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    自左而右  ―  zì zuǒ ér yòu  ―  from left to right
  5. (swimming) Short for 自由泳 (zìyóuyǒng, “freestyle”).

Others:

  • → Vietnamese: từ

自

  1. Only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己／潮州音乐——自己顾自己.

自

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. self, oneself

Compounds

自 (eumhun 스스로 자 (seuseuro ja))

  1. hanja form? of 자 (“self”)

自

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

自: Hán Nôm readings: tự, từ, tợ

  1. chữ Hán form of tự (“self”).

自

  1. Sawndip form of sw