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自 みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと oneself 4 19 6 132 みずから 象形 Pictographic Faced with his clone, our hero valiantly cut a mark on his forehead right above his eye so that his comrades could tell his true oneself from the enemy.

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ジ、シ より 自ら(みずから): for one's self; personally自身(じしん): by oneself; personally自然(しぜん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) naturally; spontaneously自宅(じたく): one's home自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile自分(じぶん): (1) myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself (2) I; me自由(じゆう): freedom; liberty; as it pleases you自己(じこ): self; oneself自治(じち): (1) self-government; autonomy (2) local (governmental) autonomy自信(じしん): self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)独自(どくじ): original; peculiar; characteristic; proprietary自主(じしゅ): independence; autonomy自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle自動(じどう): (1) automatic; self-motion (2) intransitive verb自殺(じさつ): suicide自衛(じえい): self-defense; self-defence不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.)自覚(じかく): self-consciousness; self-awareness自慢(じまん): pride; boast各自(かくじ): individual; each自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science自我(じが): self; the ego自立(じりつ): independence; self-reliance自在(じざい): freely; at will自首(じしゅ): surrender; give oneself up自習(じしゅう): self-study自ずから(おのずから): naturally; as a matter of course自惚れ(うぬぼれ): pretension; conceit; hubris自転(じてん): rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin自尊心(じそんしん): self-respect; conceit自動詞(じどうし): intransitive verb (no direct obj) 2 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 自 6 (none) oneself To use an eyedropper by oneself, aim from above to put a drop into the eye.

Kanji	自
Onyomi	ジ、シ
Kunyomi	みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと
Nanori	より
English	oneself
Examples	自ら(みずから): for one's self; personally 自身(じしん): by oneself; personally 自然(しぜん): (1) nature; spontaneity (2) naturally; spontaneously 自宅(じたく): one's home 自動車(じどうしゃ): automobile 自分(じぶん): (1) myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself (2) I; me 自由(じゆう): freedom; liberty; as it pleases you 自己(じこ): self; oneself 自治(じち): (1) self-government; autonomy (2) local (governmental) autonomy 自信(じしん): self-confidence; confidence (in oneself) 独自(どくじ): original; peculiar; characteristic; proprietary 自主(じしゅ): independence; autonomy 自転車(じてんしゃ): bicycle 自動(じどう): (1) automatic; self-motion (2) intransitive verb 自殺(じさつ): suicide 自衛(じえい): self-defense; self-defence 不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.) 自覚(じかく): self-consciousness; self-awareness 自慢(じまん): pride; boast 各自(かくじ): individual; each 自然科学(しぜんかがく): natural science 自我(じが): self; the ego 自立(じりつ): independence; self-reliance 自在(じざい): freely; at will 自首(じしゅ): surrender; give oneself up 自習(じしゅう): self-study 自ずから(おのずから): naturally; as a matter of course 自惚れ(うぬぼれ): pretension; conceit; hubris 自転(じてん): rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin 自尊心(じそんしん): self-respect; conceit 自動詞(じどうし): intransitive verb (no direct obj)
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	19
Components	目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	自
Radical Number	132
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	みずから
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	oneself
Koohii Story 1	Faced with his clone, our hero valiantly cut a mark on his forehead right above his eye so that his comrades could tell his true oneself from the enemy.
Koohii Story 2	To use an eyedropper by oneself, aim from above to put a drop into the eye.

Oneself Autonomy 自 One's Personally Naturally Independence Intransitive