卑己自牧

卑己自牧 in English

bēi jǐ zì mù: (idiom) To cultivate oneself and develop one’s character with a humble attitude.

Character breakdown

卑 bēi low
己 jǐ self
自 zì (bound form) self
牧 mù to herd

Stroke order

Le caractère 己 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 己

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 自 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 自

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

卑

Bronze script 西周中期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 17 forms

己

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 15 forms

自

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 17 forms

牧

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 22 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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