自己 in English

Measure word

• 套 tào to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope... attested in use
• 栋 dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) attested in use

Character breakdown

• 自 zì (bound form) self
• 己 jǐ self

Stroke order

How it used to be written

自

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 17 forms

己

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 15 forms

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

Examples

• 不要低估自己的实力。

  Don't underestimate your own strength.

• 不要欺骗你自己。

  Don't kid yourself.

• 也許當時她將車鑰匙忘在自己的房間裡了。

  Maybe at the time she accidentally left her car key in her room.

• 人们相信鲸有他们自己的语言。

  It is believed that whales have their own language.

• 他不知道自己是不是真的想这样做。

  He's not sure he wants to do this.

• 他以牺牲自己的健康为代价完成了这项工作。

  He did it at the expense of his health.

• 他们有他们自己的文化。

  They had a culture of their own.

All example sentences with 自己