自
自 — ja
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 스스로 자
- Romanization
- ja
- English
- self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- Mandarin
- zì
- Japanese on'yomi
- ジ, シ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- みずか.ら おの.ずから おの.ずと
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #19 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 (132, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+81EA
Korean example words with 自
- 자초自初 Korean gloss: 처음부터
- 자택自宅 Korean gloss: 자기 집
- 자가自家 Korean gloss: 자기 자체
- 자국自國 Korean gloss: 자기 나라
- 자래自來 Korean gloss: 스스로 옴
- 자익自益 Korean gloss: 자기의 이익
- 자저自邸 Korean gloss: 자기의 저택
- 자구自救 Korean gloss: 스스로 구원함
- 자기自己 Korean gloss: 그 사람 자신
- 자복自腹 Korean gloss: 자기의 배 속
- 자퇴自退 Korean gloss: 스스로 물러남
- 각자各自 Korean gloss: 각각의 자기 자신
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 自
- 自らみずから oneself; oneself; for oneself
- 自身じしん (one's) self; oneself; yourself
- 自然しぜん nature; natural; spontaneous
- 自宅じたく one's home; one's house
- 自分じぶん myself; yourself; oneself
- 自由じゆう freedom; liberty
- 自衛隊じえいたい Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force
- 自動車じどうしゃ car; automobile; motorcar
- 自民じみん Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
- 自民党じみんとう Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
- 自己じこ self; oneself
- 自治じち self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
Characters sharing the phonetic 自
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “자”
Other hanja with radical 自
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