自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自然
zìrán
nature
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我爱自然。 Wǒ ài zìrán. I really like nature.
- 他笑得自然。 Tā xiào de zìrán. He smiles naturally.
- 自然会好的。 Zìrán huì hǎo de. Things will naturally get better.