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意

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

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 意
2nd round simp. 𰐺

Glyph origin

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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).

Pronunciation

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Note: 1i - only in 意思.
Rime
Character 意
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於記切
Baxter 'iH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiəH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭəH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 意
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔiH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔ(r)ək-s/
English thought (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 意
Reading # 1/1
No. 15153
Phonetic
component 		意
Rime
group 		代
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		意
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯɡs/

Definitions

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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. (Mainland China) 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]  ―  fried spaghetti with barbecue pork

Compounds

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Descendants

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

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 意
Kyūjitai
[1]
意󠄁
意+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
意󠄃
意+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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意

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

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

Readings

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Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 意 (MC 'iH).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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意(い) • (i) 

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

Affix

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意(い) • (i) 

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

Derived terms

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Derived terms

References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 882 (paper), page 491 (digital)
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 意 (MC 'iH).

Hanja

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意 (eumhun 뜻 의 (tteut ui))

  1. hanja form? of 의 (“meaning”)

Compounds

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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Hanja

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意 (eumhun 기억할 억 (gieokhal eok))

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

Etymology 3

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Hanja

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意 (eumhun 한숨 쉴 희 (hansum swil hui))

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

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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

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