KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小26 strokesRadical 自#19 in newspapers
自 · oneself
自 is a kanji meaning oneself. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ジji
- シshi
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- みずからmizukara
- おのずからonozukara
- おのずとonozuto
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 自 · 28 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 自転車じてんしゃ | じてんしゃ | bicycle | N5 |
| 自動車じどうしゃ | じどうしゃ | automobile | N5 |
| 自分じぶん | じぶん | myself, oneself | N5 |
| 自由じゆう | じゆう | freedom | N4 |
| 自殺じさつ | じさつ | suicide | N3 |
| 自身じしん | じしん | oneself | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 自然しぜん | しぜん | nature, spontaneous | N3 |
| 自動じどう | じどう | automatic, self-motion | N3 |
| 自慢じまん | じまん | pride, boast | N3 |
| 不自由ふじゆう | ふじゆう | discomfort, disability, inconvenience | N3 |
| 自己じこ | じこ | self, oneself | N3 |
| 各自かくじ | かくじ | individual, each | N2 |
| 自衛じえい | じえい | self-defense | N2 |
| 自習じしゅう | じしゅう | self-study | N2 |
| 自然科学しぜんかがく | しぜんかがく | natural science | N2 |
| 自宅じたく | じたく | one's own home (same as 自分の家 (じぶんのいえ)) | N2 |
| 自治じち | じち | self-government, autonomy | N2 |
| 自らみずから | みずから | for one's self, personally | N2 |
| 自我じが | じが | self, ego | N1 |
| 自覚じかく | じかく | self-conscious | N1 |
| 独自どくじ | どくじ | original, peculiar, characteristic | N1 |
| 自ずからおのずから | おのずから | naturally, as a matter of course | N1 |
| 自在じざい | じざい | freely, at will | N1 |
| 自主じしゅ | じしゅ | independence, autonomy | N1 |
| 自首じしゅ | じしゅ | surrender, give oneself up | N1 |
| 自尊心じそんしん | じそんしん | self-respect, conceit | N1 |
| 自立じりつ | じりつ | independence, self-reliance | N1 |
| 自転じてん | じてん | rotation, spin | N1 |
Example sentence
彼の自転車は青い。
かれのじてんしゃはあおい
His bicycle is blue.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #117122 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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