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意 — idea, intention, meaning

い意 idea

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes mind

U+610F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #99 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #608 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

idea
intention
meaning
mind

word

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

意(い) 見(けん) iken opinion 意(い) 味(み) imi meaning 注(ちゅう) 意(い) chuui attention 用(よう) 意(い) youi preparation 意(い) 思(し) ishi intention 合(ごう) 意(い) goui agreement 意(い) 図(と) ito intention 意(い) 外(がい) igai unexpected

Appears in idioms

意気投合四字熟語

idea, spirit, throw, fit

創意工夫四字熟語

genesis, idea, work, husband

Stroke order

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Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

おと音 sound #180

こころ心 heart #61

Used as component in (3)

おく億 hundred million おぼえる憶 recollection おく臆 timidity

Compound ideograph (会意). 音 (sound) over 心 (heart). Intention or meaning — the sound that resonates in one's heart.

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.