漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
恣: selfish, arbitrary
N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 次 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 恣意しいarbitrariness; self-will; whim
- 放恣ほうしlicentious; self-indulgent
- 恣意的しいてきarbitrary
Also read ほしいまま, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side恣 selfish · 心
vs姿 figure · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zì
Same form: 恣 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 恣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 恣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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