【自】(Mizukara/nose) Kanji Radical, Bushu

【自】Mizukara

In this time, I will introduce the radical of kanji "自".

reading of the radical 自

its readings is

・mizukara みずから

Commentary on the radical 自

Next is the meaning of the radicali for "自".
This radical represents the nose.
And then, based on this radical, the kanji character 鼻 (it means nose) and the kanji character 臭 for smell are formed.

 kanji characters using this radical

These are kanji characters using this radical.

・自　ji, shi, mizuka-ra　じ、し、みずか（ら）
　it means for one's self

・臭　shū, kusa-i, nio-u　しゅう、くさ（い）、にお（う）
　it means bad smell

・鼻　bi, hana　び、はな
　it means a nose
　but the kanji for 鼻 does not belong to this radical.
　It belongs to the radical 鼻.
　However, it is listed here because it is related to the radical 自.

List of kanji with "自" as radical

They are listed in stroke order.

自 臭

The following characters belong to a different radical

鼻 → 鼻（hana）

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