自恃其才

自恃其才 in English

zì shì qí cái: (idiom) To rely on one's own talent. It describes someone who becomes arrogant and conceited because of their abilities.

Character breakdown

自 zì (bound form) self
恃 shì (bound form) to rely on
其 qí his
才纔 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now

Stroke order

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.

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 其

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 才

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

How it used to be written

自

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
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恃

Bronze script 戰國早期.晉
Clerical script 西漢
See all 7 forms

才

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 曹魏
See all 25 forms

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

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