自此

zìcǐ

adverb #32,094

Meanings

Zìcǐ yǐhòu, tā zài yě méi huíguò jiāxiāng.

From that point on, he never returned to his hometown again.

Zìcǐ, liǎng rén chéngle hǎo péngyǒu.

From then on, the two became good friends.

自此 is more literary than 从此 (cóngcǐ) but means roughly the same thing — common in narration, news, and formal writing rather than casual speech.

memory

Read it character-by-character: 自 (from) + 此 (this) = 'from this (moment).'

自 zì

此 cǐ