- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
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自作自受
自作自受
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
1 meaning#23226
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
- ，。
He brought it on himself, and no one sympathizes with him.
STROKE ORDER
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; people)RADICAL
- 乍(sudden; just beginning)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person beginning to do something is the action of making or creating.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 爫(hand (from above))ASSOCIATIVE
- 冖(thing given; gift)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand (from below))RADICAL
The upper hand gives an object while the lower hand receives it—that is the meaning of receiving or bearing.
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自作自受
Traditional自
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
1 meaning#23226
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
- ，。
He brought it on himself, and no one sympathizes with him.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; people)RADICAL
- 乍(sudden; just beginning)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A person beginning to do something is the action of making or creating.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 爫(hand (from above))ASSOCIATIVE
- 冖(thing given; gift)ASSOCIATIVE
- 又(hand (from below))RADICAL
The upper hand gives an object while the lower hand receives it—that is the meaning of receiving or bearing.
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