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

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------ | | 之 | *tjɯ | | 芝 | *tjɯ | | 志 | *tjɯs | | 痣 | *tjɯs | | 娡 | *tjɯs | | 誌 | *tjɯs | | 蚩 | *tʰjɯ | | 妛 | *tʰjɯ | | 嗤 | *tʰjɯ | | 媸 | *tʰjɯ | | 旹 | *djɯ | | 滍 | *diʔ |

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.

simp. and trad. 志
alternative forms 𢖽𢗍誌 partial識 partial痣 partial𢖽𢗍誌 partial識 partial痣 partial䏯 partial

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

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 志
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) zhì
MiddleChinese ‹ tsyiH ›
OldChinese /*tə-s/
English goal, intention, aspiration
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 志
Reading # 1/1
No. 17190
Phoneticcomponent 之
Rimegroup 之
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 志
OldChinese /*tjɯs/
Notes 說文之聲

志

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

志

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition
Kanji in this term
志
こころざしGrade: 5
kun'yomi

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”).

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

  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

志 (eumhun 뜻 지 (tteut ji))

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

志: Hán Nôm readings: chí, cao

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