志

See also: 誌

志 U+2F89E, 志 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F89E ← 忍 [U+2F89D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 忹 → [U+2F89F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

志 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土心 (GP), four-corner 4033₁, composition ⿱士心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10331
• Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2269, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5FD7

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (之) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
之	*tjɯ
芝	*tjɯ
志	*tjɯs
痣	*tjɯs
娡	*tjɯs
誌	*tjɯs
蚩	*tʰjɯ
妛	*tʰjɯ
嗤	*tʰjɯ
媸	*tʰjɯ
旹	*djɯ
滍	*diʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯs) : phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + semantic 心.

Note that the top has been simplified and is now graphically 士.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		志
alternative forms		𢖽 𢗍 誌 partial 識 partial 痣 partial 𢖽 𢗍 誌 partial 識 partial 痣 partial 䏯 partial

From 之 (OC *tjɯ, “to go; to proceed”) + endopassive suffix *-s, literally “what is being proceeded to” (Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 志

1. will; determination; aspiration; ambition
2. annals; records; (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 誌.
3. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 志 – see 誌 (“records, annals; to memorize; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 誌).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

志

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: こころざし (kokorozashi, 志, Jōyō); こころざす (kokorozasu, 志す, Jōyō); しるす (shirusu, 志す)
• Nanori: ここ (koko); こころ (kokoro); しい (shī); しさき (shisaki); しむら (shimura); のぞみ (nozomi); のぞむ (nozomu); ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

• 素志(そし) (soshi)
• 夙(しゅく)志(し) (shukushi)
• 宿(しゅく)志(し) (shukushi)
• 意志(いし) (ishi, “will, intent”)

• 闘志(とうし) (tōshi)
• 遺志(いし) (ishi)
• 同志(どうし) (dōshi)
• 志士(しし) (shishi)

• 異志(いし) (ishi)
• 言志(げんし) (genshi)
• 壮志(そうし) (sōshi)
• 具(ぐ)志(し)堅(けん) (Gushiken)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
志
こころざし Grade: 5
kun’yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 志す (kokorozasu, “to intend to do something, to aspire to do something”).

Noun

志(こころざし) • (kokorozashi) 

1. intention, aspiration, aim, ambition, will

Usage notes

This is one of only three everyday kanji with a five-mora reading, and one of only two nouns. The only other kanji with five-mora readings are 承, in the verb 承(うけたまわ)る (uketamawaru), and 詔(みことのり) (mikotonori). No kanji in common use has a six- or more mora reading.

The unusually long reading is due to two factors: 志(こころざし) (kokorozashi) is a nominalization of the verb 志(こころざ)す (kokorozasu), which has a long reading (four morae, kokoroza-su), which itself is a noun-verb compound, 心(こころ)指(ざ)す (kokorozasu). The nominalization absorbs the okurigana, hence increasing the reading by one mora, yielding 4+1=5, or more finely 3+(1+1)=5 (compare common 話(はなし) (hanashi) 2+1=3, from 話(はな)す (hanasu)).

Etymology 2

Various name readings.

Proper noun

志(ゆき) • (Yuki) 

1. a female given name

志(ここ) • (Koko) 

1. a female given name

志(こころ) • (Kokoro) 

1. a female given name

志(のぞみ) • (Nozomi) 

1. a female given name

志(しい) • (Shii) 

1. a female given name

志(のぞむ) • (Nozomu) 

1. a male given name

志(こころざし) • (Kokorozashi) 

志(し) • (Shi) 

志(しさき) • (Shisaki) 

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Korean

Hanja

志 (eum 지 (ji))

1. intention, will (뜻)

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Vietnamese

Han character

志: Hán Nôm readings: chí, cao

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