志

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

• KangXi: 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
• Unihan data for U+2F89E

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

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

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

志

1. will; determination; aspiration; ambition
2. Alternative form of 誌 (“annals; records”).
3. a surname

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition

• 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)

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”).

• (Tokyo) こころざし [kòkórózáshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ko̞ɾo̞za̠ɕi]

志(こころざし) • (kokorozashi) 

1. intention, aspiration, aim, ambition, will

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)).

Various name readings.

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(し) • (Shi) 

1. a surname

志 (eumhun 뜻 지 (tteut ji))

1. Hanja form^? of 지 (“intention, will”).

• 의지 (意志, uiji, “determination”)

志: Hán Nôm readings: chí, cao

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