noun, takes する

Messages.yoji.
  1. performing a part in one's own play, playing a musical piece that one has written.
  2. doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution).
  3. put-up job, charade.
  4. sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet). Colloquialism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
自作自演 じさくじえん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
make, production, prepare
サク つく.る サ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)
performance, act, play
エン (5th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
とら イン とも (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wherefore, a reason
ユウ ユ ユイ (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)