擅 shàn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 亶 real, sincere, true
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
擅自
shànzì
without authorisation; on one's own initiative
Characters in this word
自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 未经委员会同意，任何部门不得擅自修改评审标准。 Wèijīng wěiyuánhuì tóngyì, rènhé bùmén bù dé shànzì xiūgǎi píngshěn biāozhǔn. Without the committee's approval, no department may alter the evaluation standards without authorisation.
- 他未经允许擅自拿了办公室的文件。 Tā wèijīng yǔnxǔ shànzì nále bàngōngshì de wénjiàn. He took the office documents without permission.
- 请不要擅自改动电脑里的设置。 Qǐng búyào shànzì gǎidòng diànnǎo lǐ de shèzhì. Please don't change the computer settings on your own.