擅

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act without authority

HSK 7

Human →Actions

shàn

セン

ほしいまま

천

Components

扌 hand (side)+ 亶 real =

擅 act without authority

扌 Meaning component

shou hand (side)

hand

亶 Phonetic component

dǎn real

sincere

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

擅

Regular

Modern

Chinese

擅 [shàn]

without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at

Japanese

恣、擅、縦、肆ほしいまま同音

adj-na usually kana selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (17)

擅长 [shàncháng] #2,088

to be good at

擅长 [shàncháng] #2,088

to be good at

擅自 [shànzì] #8,208

without permission

擅离职守 [shànlízhíshǒu] #51,174

to abscond

擅离职守 [shànlízhíshǒu] #51,174

to abscond

擅权 [shànquán] #55,815

to arrogate power

擅权 [shànquán] #55,815

to arrogate power

专擅 [zhuānshàn] #57,876

without authorization

专擅 [zhuānshàn] #57,876

without authorization

擅断 [shànduàn] #66,723

arbitrary

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JAPANESE WORDS (8)

恣にする [ほしいままにする] #65,206

to abuse

恣 [ほしいまま] #67,257

selfish

独擅場 [どくせんじょう] #94,955

field in which one acts unchallenged