恣
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Translingual
Han character
恣 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈人心 (IOP) or 一人心 (MOP), four-corner 37338, composition ⿱次心)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10580
- Dae Jaweon: page 715, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2292, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6063
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 恣 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔslis) : phonetic 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis) + semantic 心.
Etymology 1
| trad. | 恣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 恣 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zìh
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ4
- Yale: dz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyh
- Palladius: цзы (czy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zih
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ1
- Yale: dz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
- Palladius: цзы (czy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ci3 / zi1 / zi3
- Yale: chi / jī / ji
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi3 / dzi1 / dzi3
- Guangdong Romanization: qi3 / ji1 / ji3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː³³/, /t͡siː⁵⁵/, /t͡siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: tsijH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsi-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslis/
Definitions
恣
- to indulge oneself; to be profligate; to throw off restraint
- 聖王不作，諸侯放恣，處士橫議。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Shèngwáng bùzuò, zhūhóu fàngzì, chǔshì hèngyì.
- Sage sovereigns cease to arise, the princes of the States give the reins to their lusts. Unemployed scholars indulge in unreasonable discussions.
圣王不作，诸侯放恣，处士横议。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to allow someone to do as they please
- wantonly; to one’s heart's content
- to change
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 恣 | |
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| simp. # | 恣 | |
| alternative forms | 自 | |
Clipping of 自在 (zìzai) (Xu, 1990) or 自得 (zìdé).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zìh
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ4
- Yale: dz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyh
- Palladius: цзы (czy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
恣
Japanese
Kanji
恣
- selfish
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 恣 |
| し Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
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Pronunciation
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Etymology 2
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| (This term, 恣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
恣 (eum 자 (ja))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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