We mustn’t be complacent; we need to keep working hard.
Sentence by WillyChina
How 自满 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
自zìself; oneself
自 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a nose. The usual explanation is that people point to their nose to mean “me”, so it came to mean “self”.
满mǎnto fill
氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
两two · liǎng
氵 hints at the meaning (water); 㒼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with mǎn.
How to write 自满
自 6 strokes · 满 13 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 自满 (zìmǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
自满 (zìmǎn) means “complacent” or “self-satisfied”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zìmǎn: zì with a 4th tone, then mǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 自满 is written 自滿. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ziman with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 自满 from the suggestions. Typing ziman into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
自满 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
自zì4th tone, falling
满mǎn3rd tone, dipping
