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志
JLPT N1 SL5 7 strokes Frequency: #823

Meanings

Intention, Plan, Resolve, Aspire, Motive, Hopes, Shilling

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿱士心

Etymology

Ideographic: The mind 心 of a scholar 士; 士 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 dot bottom-to-top
5 hook bottom-to-top
6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シ shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
こころざ kokoroza
こころざし kokorozashi

Words Using This Kanji

105 words total
Other (20 words)
志 こころざし

will

志願兵 しがんへい

volunteer soldier

志願者 しがんしゃ

applicant

志望 しぼう

wish

志学 しがく

age 15

志士 しし

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era

志す こころざす

to plan

志向 しこう

intention

志願 しがん

aspiration

志集 ししゅう

booklet of essays

弱志 じゃくし

weak will

初志貫徹 しょしかんてつ

carrying out one's original intention

初志 しょし

one's original intention

寸志 すんし

small present

大志 たいし

ambition

同志会 どうしかい

association of kindred spirits

同志 どうし

like-mindedness

篤志家 とくしか

charitable person

内輪同志 うちわどうし

members of the family

厚志 こうし

kind intention

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