# 自為
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìwéi
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìwéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhwéi
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-wei$^2$
*** Yale: dz̀-wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhwei
*** Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzijH hjwe
Rime :
| Character | 自 | 為 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 疾二切 | 薳支切 |
| Baxter | dzijH | hjwe |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziɪ$^H$/ | /ɦˠiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɦʷᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjɪ$^H$/ | /ɣiuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɦjwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɣjue/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɣǐwe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi$^H$/ | /wie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zì | wéi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^6$ | wai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s ɢʷ(r)aj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids ɢʷal/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 自 | 自 | 為 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zì | zì | wéi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzij$^H$ › | ‹ dzij$^H$ › | ‹ hjwe › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.[b]i[t]-s/ | /*s.[b]i[t]-s/ | /*ɢʷ(r)aj/ |
| English | self (adv.) | to follow; from | make, do, act as |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 自 | 為 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 17879 | |
| Phonetic component | 自 | 爲 |
| Rime group | 至 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 自 | 爲 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljids/ | /*ɢʷal/ |
| Notes | | 俗爲字 |

#### Verb

自為
* (literary) to do something by oneself
* (literary) to form naturally
* (literary) (以……自為) to think of oneself as …

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìwèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìwèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhwèi
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-wei$^4$
*** Yale: dz̀-wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhwey
*** Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$自慰 自衛／自卫
* Middle Chinese: dzijH hjweH
Rime :
| Character | 自 | 為 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 疾二切 | 于僞切 |
| Baxter | dzijH | hjweH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziɪ$^H$/ | /ɦˠiuᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɦʷᵚiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjɪ$^H$/ | /ɣiuɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɦjwiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɣjue$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /ɣǐwe$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi$^H$/ | /wie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zì | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^6$ | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s ɢʷ(r)aj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids ɢʷals/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 自 | 自 | 為 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zì | zì | wèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzij$^H$ › | ‹ dzij$^H$ › | ‹ hjwe$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.[b]i[t]-s/ | /*s.[b]i[t]-s/ | /*ɢʷ(r)aj-s/ |
| English | self (adv.) | to follow; from | for, because |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 自 | 為 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17879 | |
| Phonetic component | 自 | 爲 |
| Rime group | 至 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 自 | 爲 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljids/ | /*ɢʷals/ |

#### Adjective

自為
* (literary) for oneself
* (philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology) for-itself

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “for-itself”): 自在 (zìzài)

##### Derived terms

* 自為階級／自为阶级 (zìwèi jiējí)