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Hanzi
自
Traditional
自
Pinyin
zì
English
self, private, personal; from
Radical hint
自
Example words
to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairsto multiply by itself; to raise to a power; to squarefrom the beginning; always; to come of one's own accordto do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself