自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自我
zìwǒ
self, oneself
Characters in this word
我 wǒ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 扌 hand 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 成熟的人既要坚持自我，也要学会听取不同意见。 Chéngshú de rén jì yào jiānchí zìwǒ, yě yào xuéhuì tīngqǔ bùtóng yìjiàn. A mature person should both maintain a sense of self and learn to listen to different opinions.
- 新同学做了一个简单的自我介绍。 Xīn tóngxué zuò le yí gè jiǎndān de zìwǒ jièshào. The new classmate gave a short self-introduction.
- 孩子长大以后，自我意识会越来越强。 Háizi zhǎng dà yǐhòu, zìwǒ yìshí huì yuèláiyuè qiáng. As children grow up, their sense of self becomes stronger and stronger.