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self 自
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| Explanation |
The Radical shows an eye 目 and has an emphasis ノ to express that the own person is meant.
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Used in these characters:
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息
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| breath, news, rest, interest
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Top: oneself 自 (The emphasized (= with an accent) ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), bottom: heart 心
I myself and my heart need breath. |
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自
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| self, oneself, since, from
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Eye 目 with an emphasis ノ
The accented (= emphasized) eye shows the own self. |
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夏
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| summer
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From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer. |
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鼻
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| nose
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From top: self 自, 畀 (rice field 田, plant 艹)
(because of hay fever) I myself in a field with plants (= hay) and it itches in my nose. |
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咱
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| I or me, we (including the person spoken to)
zán, zá
口
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Left: mouth 口, right: self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 shows the own self.)
The mouth itself, that is me. |
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臭
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| stench, stink, smelly, to smell bad
chòu, xiù
自
犬
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Top: self 自 (The accented (= emphasized) ノ eye 目 shows the own self, thus the 'ego'), below: dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
His ego is like a dog: Both stink! |
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嗅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to smell, to sniff, to nose
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Left: mouth 口, right: smell/stink/smack 臭 (His ego 自 is like a dog 犬 that it stinks.) [犬 = The big 大 man holds it 丶 in his arms.]
With open mouth the stink can be smelled. |
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瘪
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JLPT no HSK |
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| deflated, shriveled, sunken, empty
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Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), 仑 (= 人 + 匕)
The disease, where you yourself 自 change from a upright person 人 to a sitting person 匕, is being: deflated. |
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