自 my own

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BETA, ILL PAIR

目 (eye) + 丶 (dot)

ONYOMI: JI

自 is "eye" plus a dot, which we'll call a splinter.
JESUS said, before you make fun of the splinter in my eye, take check out the huge-ass log in YOUR OWN eye. Then he sort of muttered, "Ass!"

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KUNYOMI:

みずか*ら: to do something one's own self, in person

JUKUGO:

自由な ( じゆうな): freedom
自 (my own) + 由 (freedom / reason) = 自由 (freedom)
自分の ( じぶんの): one's own (dog, blunt, fungus, etc.) - BOOBOO: sometimes it also is used to mean "you" or "she", as in "She did it herself, as opposed to having others do it for her."
自 (my own) + 分 (understand / divide / minute) = 自分 (one's own)
自信 ( じしん ): self-confidence
自 (my own) + 信 (believe) = 自信 (self-confidence)
自衛隊 ( じえいたい ): Japan's army, in English called the SDF (self-defense forces)
自衛 (self-defense - usually used in 自衛隊 (Japan's army, the Self-Defence Forces)) + 隊 (troop) = 自衛隊 (Japan's army)
自業自得 ( じごうじとく ): "I brought this on myself!"
自 (my own) + 業 (business) + 得 (bargain　/ obtain) = 自業自得 ("I brought this on myself!")

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