意

意 U+610F, 意 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-610F ← 愎 [U+610E] CJK Unified Ideographs 愐 → [U+6110]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

意 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿日心 (YTAP), four-corner 0033₆, composition ⿱音心 or ⿱立𢗭)

Derived terms

• 億, 噫, 憶, 臆, 澺, 檍, 燱, 薏, 繶, 醷, 鐿, 鷾, 嬑, 癔, 譩

Descendants

• 𛀈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 394, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10921
• Dae Jaweon: page 730, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2323, character 3
• Unihan data for U+610F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		意
2nd round simp.		𰐺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 意
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
噫	*qrɯːɡs, *qɯ
譩	*qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl
醷	*qɯʔ, *qɯɡ
意	*qɯɡs
鷾	*qɯɡs
憶	*qɯɡ
億	*qɯɡ
臆	*qɯɡ
繶	*qɯɡ
澺	*qɯɡ
薏	*qɯɡ
檍	*qɯɡ
癔	*qɯɡ

Modern form is a compound of 音 and 心 (“heart”). However, the top component is etymologically unrelated to 音. According to Lin (1920), 𠶷 (a compound of 言 and 中) found in bronze inscriptions is the same character as 意 (yì).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 意

1. wish; desire; intention

   好意  ―  hǎoyì  ―  good intention; kindness

   隨意／随意  ―  suíyì  ―  as one pleases; at will

2. meaning; sense

   詞不達意／词不达意  ―  cíbùdáyì  ―  the words fail to convey the meaning

3. to anticipate; to expect

   意外  ―  yìwài  ―  unexpected

   出其不意  ―  chūqíbùyì  ―  to take somebody by surprise

4. Short for 意大利 (Yìdàlì, “Italy; Italian”).
5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 意粉 (ji3 fan2, “spaghetti”).

   乾炒叉燒意／干炒叉烧意 [Cantonese]  ―  gon¹ caau² caa¹ siu¹ ji³ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意):

• → Japanese: 意(い) (i)
• → Korean: 의(意) (ui)
• → Vietnamese: ý (意)

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Japanese

Kanji

意

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. idea
2. mind
3. heart
4. desire

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kun: こころ (kokoro, 意)、おもう (omou, 意う)、おもい (omoi, 意い)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
意
い Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 意 (MC 'iH).

Noun

意(い) • (i) 

1. thoughts; feelings
2. intent; meaning; goodwill

Affix

意(い) • (i) 

1. mind; idea; thought; feeling; intention
2. meaning

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 悪(あく)意(い) (akui): evil intent, malice
• 意(い)外(がい) (igai):unexpected
• 意(い)気(き) (iki): spirit
• 意(い)気(き)込(ご)み (ikigomi)
• 意(い)気(き)消(しょう)沈(ちん) (ikishōchin)
• 意(い)気(き)衝(しょう)天(てん) (ikishōten)
• 意(い)気(き)阻(そ)喪(そう) (ikisosō)
• 意(い)気(く)地(じ) (ikuji)
• 意(い)気(き)投(とう)合(ごう) (ikitōgō)
• 意(い)気(き)揚(よう)揚(よう) (ikiyōyō)
• 意(い)見(けん) (iken): opinion
• 意(い)固(こ)地(じ) (ikoji)
• 意(い)向(こう) (ikō)
• 意(い)志(し) (ishi): will, intent
• 意(い)思(し) (ishi)
• 意(い)思(し)能(のう)力(りょく) (ishinōryoku)
• 意(い)識(しき) (ishiki)
• 意(い)趣(しゅ) (ishu)
• 意(い)趣(しゅ)返(がえ)し (ishugaeshi)
• 意(い)匠(しょう) (ishō)
• 意(い)図(と) (ito)
• 意(い)表(ひょう) (ihyō)
• 意(い)味(み) (imi): meaning, significance
• 意(い)味(み)深(しん)長(ちょう) (imishinchō)
• 意(い)欲(よく) (iyoku)
• 願(がん)意(い) (gan'i)
• 敬(けい)意(い) (keī)
• 決(けつ)意(い) (ketsui)
• 故(こ)意(い) (koi)
• 故(こ)意(い)犯(はん) (koihan)
• 合(ごう)意(い) (gōi)
• 賛(さん)意(い) (san'i)
• 宿(しゅく)意(い) (shukui)
• 真(しん)意(い) (shin'i)
• 随(ずい)意(い) (zuī)
• 生(なま)意(い)気(き) (namaiki): cheeky
• 誠(せい)意(い) (seī)
• 戦(せん)意(い) (sen'i)
• 善(ぜん)意(い) (zen'i)
• 総(そう)意(い) (sōi)
• 大(たい)意(い) (taī)
• 注(ちゅう)意(い) (chūi): caution, beware
• 当(とう)意(い)即(そく)妙(みょう) (tōisokumyō)
• 同(どう)意(い) (dōi): same intention
• 得(とく)意(い) (tokui)
• 熱(ねつ)意(い) (netsui)
• 表(ひょう)意(い) (hyōi)
• 片(かた)意(い)地(じ) (kataiji)
• 無(む)意(い)味(み) (muimi): meaningless, insignificant
• 用(よう)意(い) (yōi)
• 留(りゅう)意(い) (ryūi)

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Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 意 (MC 'iH).

Hanja

意 (eumhun 뜻 의 (tteut ui))

1. hanja form^? of 의 (“meaning”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 意氣 (의기, uigi) spirit, vigor
• 意圖 (의도, uido) intention, design
• 意味 (의미, uimi) meaning, significance
• 意思 (의사, uisa) intention
• 意識 (의식, uisig, -sik) consciousness
• 意譯 (의역, uiyeog, -yeok) liberal translation
• 意外 (의외, uioe) exception
• 意慾 (의욕, uiyog, -yok) will, willingness, volition
• 意義 (의의, uiui) significance
• 意匠 (의장, uijang) design
• 意中 (의중, uijung) mind, view
• 意志 (의지, uiji) will, intention, volition
• 意表 (의표, uipyo) surprise
• 意向 (의향, uihyang) willingness, inclination, view
• 表意 (표의, pyoui) ideographic or semantic (in contrast to phonetic) representation. cf. 表音 (표음, pyoeum)

See also

• 훈 (訓, hun) interpret, translate, explicate, exegesis

Etymology 2

Hanja

意 (eumhun 기억할 억 (gieokhal eok))

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 憶 (“hanja form^? of 억 (“remember”)”)

Etymology 3

Hanja

意 (eumhun 한숨 쉴 희 (hansum swil hui))

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 噫 (“hanja form^? of 희 (“sigh”)”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

意: Hán Nôm readings: ý, ấy, ới, áy, ư, ơi

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