Mnemonic comic for

Translation

zì = z + Ø4: self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves. The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).

自 character breakdown

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

Characters with 自 as component

variant of 罪[zui4], crime

= + : A terrible crime has been committed in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom: Zapatista Zebra lies dead on the floor, trapped in a fishing net. What has happened here? The answer may be saved on a negative which has been left carelessly on the floor. What has been photographed with this negative?

Words with 自

can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities
(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited
Sandu Shuizu autonomous county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
unable to control oneself / to be beside oneself
uneasy / ill at ease
unnatural / artificial
unaware / unconscious of sth
to overestimate one's capabilities
self-explanatory / self-evident (idiom)
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
Sanjiang Dong autonomous county in Liuzhou 柳州[Liu3 zhou1], Guangxi
abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[San1 zi4 Ai4 guo2 Jiao4 hui4], Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949

Sentences with 自

zì
cóng
bì
mǎ
we̅n
lái
cǐ
yǐ
hòu