Chinese symbol for “inwardly”
暗自
àn zì
inwardly; to oneself; secretly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inwardly is 暗自 (àn zì), defined as: inwardly; to oneself; secretly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inwardly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗地里 (暗地裡) | àn dì li | secretly; inwardly; on the sly |
| 暗地 | àn dì | secretly; inwardly; on the sly |
| 暗暗 | àn àn | secretly; inwardly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暗自.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark; in secret |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 暗号 (暗號) | àn hào | secret signal; password; countersign |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inwardly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.