Memory phrase for the character: 自

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Eye 目 with an emphasis ノ

The accented (= emphasized) eye shows the own self.

自	self	The Radical shows an eye 目 and has an emphasis ノ to express that the own person is meant.
丶	dot	In many languages (such as French), short strokes are used above the letters to express an emphasis. This stroke 丶 is used in the mnemonics accordingly.

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衍生物	yǎn shēng wù
自恃	zì shì	self esteem; self reliance; over confident; conceited
自驾租赁	zì jià zū lìn	self-drive hire (of a car etc)
自忖	zì cǔn	to speculate; to ponder
自惭形秽	zì cán xíng huì	to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom); to feel inferior
自惭形秽	zì cán xíng huì
自惭形秽	zì cán xíng huì
怡然自得	yí rán zì dé	happy and content (idiom)
擅自	shàn zì	without permission; of one's own initiative
自取其咎	zì qǔ qí jiù	to have only oneself to blame (idiom); to bring trouble through one's own actions
自溺	zì nì	to drown oneself
自溺	zì nì

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