自

自 — oneself

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 6
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #19 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じ ji

し shi
Kun'yomi: みずか.ら mizuka.ra

おの.ずから ono.zukara

おの.ずと ono.zuto

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 自

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