Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: oneself

Kunyomi: みずか.ら おの.ずから おの.ずと

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みずから

Meaning: self

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

慢する(じまんする)   boast

転車(じてんしゃ)   bicycle

動車(じどうしゃ)   automobile

由(じゆう)   freedom

分(じぶん)   oneself

信(じしん)   self-confidence

(どくじ)   original, independent

然な(しぜんな)   natural

ら(みずから)   by one's self

ずから(おのずから)   naturally

Onyomi Examples

self-, from ..., this ... (in contrast to some other ...), aforementioned

ジエイ running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment

シュツジ origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock

カイジ Maritime Self-Defense Force

然界 シゼンカイ nature, the natural world, realm of nature

シゼン nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically

己がじし オノガジシ each and every one, individually

Kunyomi Examples

みずから oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person

ら進んで みずからすすんで by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat

ずから おのずから naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord

ずから明らか おのずからあきらか self-evident

ずと おのずと naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord