EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    selfish; egoist

    Usually written using kana alone

    あの子を甘やかしてはいけません。とてもわがままになりますよ。
    You shouldn't indulge that child. It will make him very selfish.
  2. self-indulgent; wilful; willful

    Archaic

Also written 我が儘【わがまま】我がまま【わがまま】我侭【わがまま】我が侭【わがまま】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

Kun
われわ.が-わが-
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
829 of 2500
Radical
spear
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Used in names as

あが

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
0a7.10The Kanji Dictionary
2355.0Four corner code
2259deroo
6211Unicode hex code
1-18-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
200Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2028New Nelson (John Haig)
3548New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4362Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2208Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2971Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
640Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
690Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1392A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
545Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
719Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11545Morohashi
817A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1302Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
745sakade
1329Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
833henshall3
848Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
380crowley
1164Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
837Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
647Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wo3Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

as it is, because

Kun
ままことごとく
On
ジン
Strokes
16
Radical
person

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-2-14SKIP code
2a14.2The Kanji Dictionary
2723.3Four corner code
5118Unicode hex code
1-48-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
558Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
327New Nelson (John Haig)
2435Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1234Morohashi
jin3, jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading