DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

自檢

简自检 · 繁自檢

Mandarin · pinyin zì jiǎn

to act with self-restraint
to examine oneself
to perform a self-test

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

自: zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
檢: Look up this written character
检: jiǎn · check; examine

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–3 · zi4 jian3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

自檢 · find source passages ↗ · 自检 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗