自由

Character by character

• 自zì6 strokesHSK 2self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
• 由yóu5 strokesHSK 2cause, reason; from

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我自由了！

  Wǒ zì yóu le

  I'm free!

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• 你是自由人。

  N sh z y u r n

  You're a free man.

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• 我只要自由。

  Wǒ zhǐ yào zì yóu

  All I want is my freedom.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 自由. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 自己zì jǐHSK 2

  oneself; one's own

• 由yóuHSK 3

  to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

• 自zìHSK 4

  self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely

• 来自lái zìHSK 2

  to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

• 自然zì ránHSK 3

  nature; natural; naturally

• 由于yóu yúHSK 3

  due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because

• 理由lǐ yóuHSK 3

  reason; grounds; justification

• 自我zì wǒHSK 6

  self-; ego (psychology)

• 自从zì cóngHSK 3

  since (a time); ever since

• 亲自qīn zìHSK 3

  personally; in person; oneself

• 自动zì dòngHSK 3

  automatic; voluntarily

• 自信zì xìnHSK 4

  to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence

• 自杀zì shāHSK 5

  to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide

• 各自gè zìHSK 3

  each; respective; apiece

• 自行车zì xíng chēHSK 2

  bicycle; bike

• 自身zì shēnHSK 3

  itself; oneself; one's own

• 独自dú zìHSK 4

  alone

• 自豪zì háoHSK 5

  proud (of one's achievements etc)

• 自愿zì yuànHSK 5

  voluntary

• 自私zì sīHSK 7

  selfish; selfishness

• 自称zì chēngHSK 7

  to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title

• 出自chū zìHSK 7

  to come from

• 自主zì zhǔHSK 3

  independent; to act for oneself; autonomous

• 由此yóu cǐHSK 5

  hereby; from this