Mnemonic comic for 自
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).
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
Characters with 自 as component
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
Words with 自
Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda 松田) / also known as 萬事得|万事得
Fuxin Mongol autonomous county in Fuxin 阜新, Liaoning
Fangcheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Guangxi (temporary name during 1950s for Fangcheng district 防城區|防城区[Fang2 cheng2 qu1] of Fangchenggang city)
Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan
Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Baise 百色[Bai3 se4], Guangxi
Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[Lin2 cang1], Yunnan
Qinglong Manchu autonomous county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島|秦皇岛[Qin2 huang2 dao3], Hebei
Jingzhou Miao and Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huai2 hua4], Hunan
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan
Mayang Miao autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huai2 hua4], Hunan