自
zì HSK2

(nose), self

自 zì
self pronoun
self; oneself; by oneself

他是一个非常自律的人。

tā shì yī gè fēi​cháng zì​lǜ de rén.

He is a very self-disciplined person.

from preposition
from; since; starting from

他自幼就开始学习钢琴。

tā zì yòu jiù kāi​shǐ xué​xí gāng​qín.

He has been learning the piano since childhood.

naturally adverb
naturally; as a matter of course; of course

只要坚持下去，成功自会到来。

zhǐ​yào jiān​chí xià​qù, chéng​gōng zì huì dào​lái.

As long as you persevere, success will naturally come.

oneself/self idiom
prefix or particle indicating the action is reflexive or done to oneself

这种行为简直是自欺欺人。

zhè zhǒng xíng​wéi jiǎn​zhí shì zì qī qī​rén.

This behavior is simply deceiving oneself and others.

Frequency
Character
Written text
43rd most common 3161.1 per million
Movie subtitles
83rd most common 2107.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
111.6 per million appears in 36% of films
Written text
358.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+81EA

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)