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zi4
R#:132 R: Strokes:0,6 Wade/Giles:tzu4 Freq:37 (rad.) (imit.)
self, personally;

(prep.) from;

(noun) origin, source; spontaneous, naturally


Legge: notes that, in connection with self, generally precedes a verb, zi4yong4 self-use, etc.

Wieger: #159A, notes confusion with bai2.

Wilder: #104, a picture of the nose; a starting point, origin, beginning, evolution; the nose being, according to Chinese embryology, the starting point in the development of the body; self, I, my behavior, to act; the nose being the projecting part and in a way characteristic of the person.


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