志

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Stroke order

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

• 娡, 𢙺, 梽, 𤥴, 痣, 綕(𬘨), 䏯, 䓌, 覟(𬢌), 誌(𰵧), 鋕(𲇽)

• 𛁈

• 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

• Unihan data for U+2F89E

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.

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 (zhì, “annals; records”)
3. a surname

(Fifth grade 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 (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

志(こころざし) • (kokorozashi) 

1. intention, aspiration, aim, ambition, will

This is one of only four 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), 慮 in the verb 慮(おもんぱか)る (omonpakaru), and 詔(みことのり) (mikotonori). No kanji in common use has a six- or more mora reading. (Also see 謀(はかりごと) (hakarigoto))

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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