自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自由
zìyóu
freedom; free
Characters in this word
由 yóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我想要自由。 Wǒ xiǎng yào zì yóu. I want freedom.
- 这里很自由。 Zhè lǐ hěn zì yóu. It is very free here.
- 孩子需要自由。 Hái zi xū yào zì yóu. Children need freedom.