Chinese Character Wiki
意

yì

thought

Thought (意) is the sound (音) that comes from the mind (心). (Oversimplified for brevity. The 音 component in this character has a complicated history.)

Components
音 meaning component

音  Meaning component

yīn

  

sound

心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

Evolution

意 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
意 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
意 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

意  

yì

thought, idea, opinion; think; idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate

意  

Yì

Italy; Italian; abbr. for 意大利[Yì​dà​lì]

Most common words with 意
Freq.
Word
Meaning

意思

idea

注意

to take note of

愿意

to wish

意义

sense

同意

to agree

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

臆

Sound component in 7 characters (2 verified)

億 憶 臆 噫 薏 癔 镱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔ(r)ək-s

'iH

yì

thought (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 99.9199% of movies

78th most common character in movies

104th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+610F

Shuowen

“意，志也。从心察言而知意也。从心，从音。”


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