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自 (pinyin zì, "self (in 自己)") is an HSK 2 Mandarin character with 6 strokes, built on the radical 自.

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self (in 自己)

Tone 4 · Fourth tone (falling)

Radical
Strokes
6
HSK
2 · tier 2a

Commonly confused with

Characters this one is often mistaken for — same number of strokes, similar silhouette, single-component differences. Curated, not derived.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -i, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.

HanziFluency

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