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意
意
Translingual
Han character
意 (radical 61 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿日心 (YTAP), four-corner 00336, composition ⿱音心)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 394, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10921
- Dae Jaweon: page 730, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2323, character 3
- Unihan data for U+610F
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
意 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 意
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| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (意) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 噫 | *qrɯːɡs, *qɯ |
| 譩 | *qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl |
| 醷 | *qɯʔ, *qɯɡ |
| 意 | *qɯɡs |
| 鷾 | *qɯɡs |
| 憶 | *qɯɡ |
| 億 | *qɯɡ |
| 臆 | *qɯɡ |
| 繶 | *qɯɡ |
| 澺 | *qɯɡ |
| 薏 | *qɯɡ |
| 檍 | *qɯɡ |
| 癔 | *qɯɡ |
Modern form is a compound of 音 and 心 (“heart”). However, the top component is etymologically unrelated to 音.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi
- Min Dong (BUC): é
- Min Nan (POJ): ì
- Wu (Wiktionary): i (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: i4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
- IPA (key): /i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ji3
- Yale: yi
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji3
- IPA (key): /jiː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
- Hakka Romanization System: i
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi4
- IPA: /i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)i
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi4
- IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: é
- IPA (key): /ɛi²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì
- Tâi-lô: ì
- Phofsit Daibuun: ix
- IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: i (T2)
- IPA (key): /i³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 意 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於記切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔɨH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔɨH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔieH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiəH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭəH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 意 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔiH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔ(r)ək-s/ |
| English | thought (n.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 意 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15153 |
| Phonetic component |
意 |
| Rime group |
代 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
意 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qɯɡs/ |
Definitions
意
- thought; idea; opinion; mind
- heart; soul; conscience
- meaning; sense
- to anticipate
- Short for 意大利 (Yìdàlì, “Italy; Italian”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 意
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Japanese
Kanji
意
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Noun
Korean
Hanja
意 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)
- (뜻 의, tteut-): meaning, intention, signification, significance
Compounds
- 意氣 (의기, uigi) spirit, vigor
- 意圖 (의도, uido) intention, design
- 意味 (의미, uimi) meaning, significance
- 意思 (의사, uisa) intention
- 意識 (의식, uisig, -sik) consciousness
- 意譯 (의역, uiyeog, -yeok) liberal translation
- 意外 (의외, uioe) exception
- 意慾 (의욕, uiyog, -yok) will, willingness, volition
- 意義 (의의, uiui) significance
- 意匠 (의장, uijang) design
- 意中 (의중, uijung) mind, view
- 意志 (의지, uiji) will, intention, volition
- 意表 (의표, uipyo) surprise
- 意向 (의향, uihyang) willingness, inclination, view
- 表意 (표의, pyoui) ideographic or semantic (in contrast to phonetic) representation. cf. 表音 (표음, pyoeum)