志 — intention, plan, resolve

こころざし志 intention

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+5FD7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #823 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #645 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

intention
plan
resolve
aspire
motive
hopes
shilling

word

こころざし kokorozashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

志(こころざし) kokorozashi will

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

意(い) 志(し) ishi will 志(し) 向(こう) shikou intention 同(どう) 志(し) doushi comrade 志(し) 望(ぼう) shibou aspiration 有(ゆう) 志(し) yuushi volunteer 志(し) 願(がん) shigan aspiration

Appears in idioms

意志薄弱四字熟語

idea, intention, dilute, weak

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

し士 samurai #33

こころ心 heart #61

Used as component in (1)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart