| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|
| 自 | 自+0 | 𦣹 鼻 | zì ㄗˋ | Oneself. / Begin, beginning. / From. / Originally. / Natural, naturally. / Supposing, if. / Even, even if. | v5,p3046#01 | p.1000#07 | p.1108r3c01 |
| 由 | 田+0 | | yóu ㄧㄡˊ | Do, carry out. / Cause to happen. / Unite. / Complete, realize. / Go through, pass. / Carry out orders, do as asked. / Follow. / Accord with. / Cause. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: from. / Preposition: to, with. / Appoint, employ. / Rely on, make use of. / Evidence, proof. / Go along with, listen to. / New growth of a tree around dead wood. / Recovery, revival. / Like, similar to. / Still, yet. / Naturally, by itself. | v4,p2524#02 | p.757#01 | p.910r2c01 |
| | | | dí ㄉㄧˊ | Road. / Method, way. | | | |
Example usage
| 《》: | 遠薦功曹，策名委質，就有不合，當徐告退，古既待放，須起乃逝，何得亂道，進退自由，傲很天常，若無君父？ |
| 《·》: | 縱民之情，使自由之，則降於下者多矣。 |
| 《》: | 臣等既愚闇，而諸郎多文俗吏，鮮有雅才，每為詔文，宣示內外，轉相求請，或以不能而專己自由，辭多鄙固。 |
| 《·》: | 其吏從兵衆，皆士伍小人，給使東西，不得自由，面縛乞降，不忍誅殺，輒聽納受，徙充邊城。 |
| 《》: | 其有不效，則委於差晷度，禁縱自由，皆非其義。 |
| 《》: | 我等日日歡會，在仙山福地，古洞神洲，不伏麒麟轄，不伏鳳凰管，又不伏人間王位所拘束，自由自在，乃無量之福，為何遠慮而憂也？ |
| 《》: | 只因臨去秋波轉，惹起春心不自由。 |
| 《》: | 二人聽罷，含笑曰：「『生有時辰死有地』，也自由他。」 |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：身中也，象人要自由之形今作腰又姓吳人要離之後漢有河南令要兢。 |
| 《·》: | 聰覽之色變，曰：「朕此來得微風之患，意怒不自由。」 |
| 《·》: | 瞑目即見達奚珣，但口稱：「叩頭大尹，不自由。」 |
| 《》: | 只怕志不立，若能立志，氣自由我使。 |
| 《》: | 他罵的人，自由他罵去，我們犯不著多心！ |
| 《》: | 盛衰不自由，得失常相逐。 |
| 《·》: | 由用也，便捷任氣自由也。 |
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