恣 means “arbitrary, self-indulgent”

し · shi

Also: selfish

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほしいまま

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

One wish after the next (次) piled on the heart (心): picture someone doing whatever comes to mind. 恣 lives in 恣意, whim, and above all in 恣意的, arbitrary, the word critics use for a ruling or a rule made on a whim.

Used in 恣意的 (shiiteki, arbitrary) and 恣意 (shii, arbitrariness/whim)

More from Vice & Folly

• 惰 idle
• 淫 lewd
• 傲 arrogant
• 慢 conceit
• 狂 go mad
• 愚 foolish
• 俗 worldly
• 邪 wicked
• 劣 inferior
• 痴 foolish
• 怠 lazy
• 弊 harm

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