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HSK 4freq #566
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) self; oneself
- 2.from; since
- 3.naturally; as a matter of course
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Wiktionary
- 1.self, oneself; one's own
- 2.certainly, of course
- 3.personally
- 4.since; from
- 5.only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己／潮州音乐——自己顾自己
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形): a nose — original form of 鼻 (OC *blids, “nose”). Later phonetically borrowed as an instance of jiajie (假借) for 自 (OC *ɦljids, “oneself; from”). Folk etymology considers the meaning to arise from a habit of pointing at one’s nose to indicate oneself.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她企圖自殺。
She attempted suicide.
他試圖自殺。
He tried to kill himself.
他獨自一人。
He is alone.
我自有分寸。
I know what I'm doing.
他自學法語。
He taught himself French.
她企圖自殺。
She tried to kill herself.
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Derived terms
三自三自性不怒自威不打自招不擊自走不击自走不攻自破不求自得不由自主不能自休不能自免不能自制不能自已不能自拔不能自給不能自给不自在不自外不自涯不自然不自知不自禁不自覺不自觉不自量不自量力不請自來不请自来且自五峰土家族自治縣
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