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自 (zì)

zì

HSK level
HSK 3
Part of speech
Pronoun
Frequency
Common word

Meanings

  1. self, oneself
  2. from
  3. Origin: Originally depicted as a nose in oracle bone script, later used as a pronoun for oneself. To represent 'nose', the character 鼻 (bí) was created by addi…

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Words with 自