自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自杀
zìshā
to kill oneself
Characters in this word
杀 shā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 乂 to govern 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请别自杀。 Qǐng bié zìshā. Please do not kill yourself.
- 不要自杀。 Búyào zìshā. Do not kill yourself.
- 自杀很可怕。 Zìshā hěn kěpà. Suicide is very scary.