Kanji: 自

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	自 Radical name: みずから
Meaning:	Oneself
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 20 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	自転車(じてんしゃ)	Bicycle
N5	自動車(じどうしゃ)	Automobile
N5	自分(じぶん)	Oneself
N4	自由(じゆう)	freedom
N3	自殺(じさつ)	suicide
N3	自身(じしん)	by oneself, personally
N3	自然(しぜん)	nature, spontaneous
N3	自動(じどう)	automatic, self-motion
N3	自慢(じまん)	pride, boast
N3	不自由(ふじゆう)	discomfort, disability, inconvenience, destitution
N2	各自(かくじ)	individual, each
N2	自衛(じえい)	self-defense
N2	自習(じしゅう)	self-study
N2	自然科学(しぜんかがく)	natural science
N2	自治(じち)	self-government, autonomy
N1	自(おの)ずから	naturally, as a matter of course
N1	自覚(じかく)	self-conscious
N1	自我(じが)	self, the ego
N1	自己(じこ)	self, oneself
N1	自在(じざい)	freely, at will
N1	自主(じしゅ)	independence, autonomy
N1	自首(じしゅ)	surrender, give oneself up
N1	自信(じしん)	self-confidence
N1	自尊心(じそんしん)	self-respect, conceit
N1	自転(じてん)	rotation, spin
N1	自動詞(じどうし)	intransitive verb (no direct obj)
N1	自立(じりつ)	independence, self-reliance
N1	独自(どくじ)	original, peculiar, characteristic