自
zì HSK2

(nose), self

自 zì
self affixadverb
(bound form) self; oneself; one's own; refers to an action done by oneself or to oneself

我不关心你有多聪明，或自认为有多聪明。

wǒ bù guān​xīn nǐ yǒu duō cōng​ming, huò zì rèn​wéi yǒu duō cōng​ming.

I don't care how smart you are or how smart you think you are.

from preposition
from; since; used in formal or written contexts to indicate a starting point in time or space

自3月以来，已有两人死亡。

zì3 yuè yǐ​lái, yǐ yǒu liǎng rén sǐ​wáng.

Two people have died since March.

自那以后他一直住在德国。

zì nà yǐ​hòu tā yī​zhí zhù zài dé​guó.

He has lived in Germany ever since.

naturally nounadjective
naturally; certainly; of course; indicates that a situation is to be expected or follows a logic of its own
to start
(literary) to start; to begin
if
(literary) if; used to express a hypothetical condition
Zi
(surname) the Chinese surname Zi
radical
radical 132 (nose)
even if
(literary) even if; although

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)