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自 — stroke order
Watch how to write 自 (zì) stroke by stroke. 自 has 6 strokes and means “self”. It appears in common words such as 自己 (oneself) and 來自 (to come from). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 自
The most common words that use 自 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
自己zìjǐoneself來自láizìto come from自然zìránnature自由zìyóufreedom自我zìwǒself-自信zìxìnto have confidence in oneself
How 自 is written
- Radical
- 自
- Formation
- Pictographic — A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses.