漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
意: idea, mind
Also: heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
JLPT N413 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
音 and 心 carry the meaning
13 strokes
Bronze · Zhou Today
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
イi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 意味いみmeaning
- 意識いしきconsciousness
- 意見いけんopinion
- 意志いしwill [n.]
- 好意こういgood will, favor
- 意外ないがいなsurprising
- 意地悪ないじわるなmalicious
- 注意するちゅういするbe careful, warn
- 用意するよういするprepare
- 決意するけついするdecide
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Modern form is a compound of 音 and 心 (“heart”). However, the top component is etymologically unrelated to 音.
Source: Wiktionary, 意 (rev. 93419853), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Sound + heart (心) = the 'sound' of one's heart translated into a specific purpose or an intended meaning for others to hear.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
意 gives its sound to
The family reading is オク (oku). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side意 idea · 心
vs暗 darkness · 日In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yì
Same form: 意 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 意 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 意 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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