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Kanji Information Sheet for 自 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 自 (みずから) – oneself
Henshall Mnemonic: nose is just a stroke from eye, symbolising self
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #19 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #19 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 自分 [じぶん]
(n) myself; oneself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自転車 [じてんしゃ]
(n) bicycle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自動車 [じどうしゃ]
(n) automobile [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 自慢 [じまん]
(n,vs) pride; boast [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自殺 [じさつ]
(n,vs) suicide [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自身 [じしん]
(n) by oneself; personally [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自然 [しぜん]
(adj-na,adv,n) nature; spontaneous [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不自由 [ふじゆう]
(adj-na,n) (1) discomfort; inconvenience; (2) poverty; want; destitution; (3) disability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自体 [じたい]
(adv,n) itself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自動 [じどう]
(adj-na,n) automatic; self-motion [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 自治 [じち]
(n) self-government; autonomy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自習 [じしゅう]
(n,vs) self-study [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自然科学 [しぜんかがく]
natural science [K] [D] [Jisho] - 各自 [かくじ]
(n-adv,n-t) individual; each [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自宅 [じたく]
(n) one's home [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自ら [みずから]
(n-adv,n) for one's self; personally [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自衛 [じえい]
(n) self-defense [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 独自 [どくじ]
(adj-na,n) original; peculiar; characteristic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自己 [じこ]
(n) self; oneself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自惚れ [うぬぼれ]
(n) pretension; conceit; hubris [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自在 [じざい]
(adj-na,n) freely; at will [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自主 [じしゅ]
(n) independence; autonomy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自立 [じりつ]
(n,vs) independence; self-reliance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自首 [じしゅ]
(n,vs) surrender; give oneself up [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 自発的 [じはつてき]
(adj-na) spontaneous; voluntary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自販 [じはん]
(n) (abbr) automobile sales [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自費 [じひ]
(n) one's own expense [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自給 [じきゅう]
(n) self-support [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自筆 [じひつ]
(n) one's own handwriting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自負 [じふ]
(n) conceit; bragging about one's own ability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自供 [じきょう]
(n) confession [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民族自決 [みんぞくじけつ]
self-determination of peoples [K] [D] [Jisho] - 航空自衛隊 [こうくうじえいたい]
Air Self-Defense Force [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自決 [じけつ]
(n,vs) self-determination; suicide; resignation (from a post) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自分自身 [じぶんじしん]
oneself; myself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自閉症 [じへいしょう]
(n) autism [K] [D] [Jisho] - 陸上自衛隊 [りくじょうじえいたい]
Ground Self-Defense Forces [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自己資本 [じこしほん]
net worth; owned capital [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自民 [じみん]
(abbr) Liberal Democratic Party; LDP [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自民党 [じみんとう]
LDP; Liberal Democratic Party [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自明 [じめい]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) obvious; self-evident; axiomatic; self-explanatory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自己紹介 [じこしょうかい]
(n,vs) self-introduction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自滅 [じめつ]
(n,vs) ruining oneself; destroying oneself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自問 [じもん]
(n,vs) asking oneself [K] [D] [Jisho] - 海上自衛隊 [かいじょうじえいたい]
Maritime Self Defense Forces [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自由化 [じゆうか]
(n) liberalization; freeing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自由形 [じゆうがた]
(n) freestyle (swimming event) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自国 [じこく]
(n) one's own country [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自由経済 [じゆうけいざい]
free economy [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.