意志

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Chinese

idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
 
 the will
simp. and trad.
(意志) 		意 志
alternative forms 毅志
anagram 志意

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 意 志
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於記切 職吏切
Baxter 'iH tsyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨH/ /t͡ɕɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɨH/ /t͡ɕɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔieH/ /t͡ɕieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨH/ /cɨH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiəH/ /t͡ɕiəH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭəH/ /t͡ɕĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔiH/ /t͡ɕiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji3 zi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 意 志
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì zhì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔiH › ‹ tsyiH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔ(r)ək-s/ /*tə-s/
English thought (n.) goal, intention, aspiration

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 志
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15153 17190
Phonetic
component 		意 之
Rime
group 		代 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		意 志
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯɡs/ /*tjɯs/
Notes 說文之聲

Noun

意志

  1. will; determination; volition; intent
    堅強意志／坚强意志  ―  jiānqiáng yìzhì  ―  strong will
    政府意志  ―  zhèngfǔ yìzhì  ―  government will

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意志):
  • → Japanese: 意志(いし) (ishi)
  • → Korean: 의지(意志) (uiji)
  • → Vietnamese: ý chí (意志)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
意 志
い
Grade: 3 		し
Grade: 5
on'yomi
 意志 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Coined by Japanese philosopher and politician Nishi Amane as a translation of English will,[1] and became established by being included in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

意(い)志(し) • (ishi) 

  1. will (intention or decision)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “意志”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙‎, University of Tokyo, page 99
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
意志

Noun

意志 • (uiji) (hangeul 의지)

  1. hanja form? of 의지 (“determination”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
意志

Noun

意志

  1. chữ Hán form of ý chí (“willpower”).
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