Memory phrase for the character: 恣

恣

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Meaning

arbitrarily, self-indulgent, selfish

Pronunciation

 SHI

Explanation

 Top: next 次 (Ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.], bottom: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
(My cocktail never without ice!) If ice is lacking, my heart becomes arbitrary and selfish.

Radicals

次 next, following
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
欠 deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)
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