Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - included

    to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼は権力をほしいままにした。
    He exercised his powers to the full.

Also written 縦にする【ほしいままにする】擅にする【ほしいままにする】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

selfish, arbitrary

Kun
ほしいまま
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2325 of 2500
Radical
heart

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
4k6.22The Kanji Dictionary
3733.8Four corner code
6063Unicode hex code
1-55-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1674Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1841New Nelson (John Haig)
3281Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2304Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
641Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10580Morohashi
954Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zi4Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading