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The kanji 自: meaning, readings and stroke order
自
- Meaning
- self, oneself
- On reading
- ジ ji、シ shi
- Kun reading
- みずか（ら） mizukara
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 self
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tự mình, bản thân (tự)
- Japanese
- じぶん。みずから。
- Korean
- 자기, 스스로 (자)
- Chinese
- 自己
Readings, words and example sentences
ジ ji · on reading
自分
oneself, myself
自分で よく 考えます。
I think things through carefully by myself.
シ shi · on reading · less common
自然
nature
山の 自然を 大切に します。
We take good care of nature in the mountains.
みずか（ら） mizukara · kun reading · less common
自ら
oneself, in person
自らの 手で 作りました。
I made it with my own hands.
Practise writing 自 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 自 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.