Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi)

    by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

    みつなは綺麗好きだから、よく自ら進んで掃除をしています。
    Mitsuna is very tidy so she often cleans up without being asked.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

oneself

Kun
みずか.らおの.ずからおの.ずと
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
19 of 2500
Radical
self

Built from

Used in names as

より

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-6-2SKIP code
5c1.1The Kanji Dictionary
2600.0Four corner code
879deroo
81eaUnicode hex code
1-28-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3841Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4900New Nelson (John Haig)
3525New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4338Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2954Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
36Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
36Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
340Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
60Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30095Morohashi
134A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
62Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229sakade
242Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
150henshall3
126Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
14crowley
63Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1587Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
36Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi4Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

advance, proceed, progress, promote

Kun
すす.むすす.める
On
シン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
142 of 2500
Radical
walk

Built from

Used in names as

のぶ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-8, 3-2-8SKIP code
2q8.1The Kanji Dictionary
3030.1Four corner code
2475deroo
9032Unicode hex code
1-31-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4709Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6073New Nelson (John Haig)
3121New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3873Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1991Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
561Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
603Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
175A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1503Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38943PMorohashi
326A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
437Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
443Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259sakade
262Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343henshall3
378Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
156crowley
267Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.14busy_people
702Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
568Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)