意

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

Translingual

Stroke order
13 strokes

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

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: 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

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

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


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/
Bernard
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

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]  ―  fried spaghetti with barbecue pork

Compounds

Descendants

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

Japanese

Shinjitai 意
Kyūjitai
[1]

意󠄁
意+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
意󠄃
意+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

意

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 意 (MC ʔɨH).

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 882 (paper), page 491 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 意 (MC ʔɨH).

Hanja

意 (eumhun 뜻 의 (tteut ui))

  1. Hanja form? of 의 (“meaning”).

Compounds

See also

Hanja

意 (eumhun 기억할 억 (gieokhal eok))

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

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.

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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