Chinese symbol for “voluntary”
自行
zì xíng
voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
The closest CC-CEDICT match for voluntary is 自行 (zì xíng), defined as: voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “voluntary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自愿 (自願) | zì yuàn | voluntary |
| 自愿性 (自願性) | zì yuàn xìng | voluntary |
| 随意 (隨意) | suí yì | as one wishes; according to one's wishes |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 自行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 自动 (自動) | zì dòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “voluntary”.
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.