# 志

| 志 | U+5FD7, &#24535; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FD7 |
| ← 忖 [U+5FD6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 忘 → [U+5FD8] |
| 志 | U+2F89E, &#194718; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F89E |
| ← 忍 [U+2F89D] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 忹 → [U+2F89F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

志 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土心 (GP), four-corner 4033$_1$, composition ⿱士心)

#### Derived characters

* 娡, 𢙺, 梽, 𤥴, 痣, 綕(𬘨), 䏯, 䓌, 覟(𬢌), 誌(𰵧), 鋕(𲇽)

#### Descendants

* 𛁈

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10331
* Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2269, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5FD7
* Unihan data for U+2F89E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 之 | *tjɯ |
| 芝 | *tjɯ |
| 志 | *tjɯs |
| 痣 | *tjɯs |
| 娡 | *tjɯs |
| 誌 | *tjɯs |
| 蚩 | *tʰjɯ |
| 妛 | *tʰjɯ |
| 嗤 | *tʰjɯ |
| 媸 | *tʰjɯ |
| 旹 | *djɯ |
| 滍 | *diʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjɯs): phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + semantic 心.
Note that the top has been simplified and is now graphically 士.

### Etymology 1

From 之 (OC *tjɯ, “to go; to proceed”) + endopassive suffix *-s, literally “what is being proceeded to” (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zi$^3$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$tsy / $^5$tsyu
** (Jinhua): $^5$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$
*** Yale: ji
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛi²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^4$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci̍
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì
*** Tâi-lô: tsì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cix
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zi$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsyu
*** MiniDict: tsyu$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩ʷ⁵²³/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyiH
Rime :
| Character | 志 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職吏切 |
| Baxter | tsyiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tə-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 志 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyi$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tə-s/ |
| English | goal, intention, aspiration |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 志 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17190 |
| Phonetic component | 之 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 志 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjɯs/ |
| Notes | 說文之聲 |

#### Definitions

志
* will; determination; aspiration; ambition
* Alternative form of 誌 (zhì, “annals; records”)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 一統志 / 一统志
* 三國志 / 三国志 (Sānguó Zhì)
* 不得志
* 二志 (èrzhì)
* 人各有志 (réngèyǒuzhì)
* 人窮志短 / 人穷志短 (rénqióngzhìduǎn)
* 仁人志士 (rénrénzhìshì)
* 他志
* 以意逆志
* 伸志
* 先意承志
* 共通意志
* 凌雲壯志 / 凌云壮志
* 初志
* 前志 (qiánzhì)
* 創志 / 创志
* 勵志 / 励志 (lìzhì)
* 博物志
* 博聞彊志 / 博闻强志
* 各從其志 / 各从其志
* 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade”)
* 同志合道
* 同志天地
* 同志酒吧
* 各行其志
* 喪志 / 丧志 (sàngzhì)
* 喬志 / 乔志
* 嗛志
* 地志
* 地方志 (dìfāngzhì)
* 壯志 / 壮志 (zhuàngzhì)
* 壯志凌雲 / 壮志凌云 (zhuàngzhìlíngyún)
* 壯志未酬 / 壮志未酬 (zhuàngzhìwèichóu)
* 夙心往志
* 大志 (dàzhì)
* 失張失志 / 失张失志
* 失志 (shīzhì)
* 夷堅志 / 夷坚志
* 奇志 (qízhì)
* 奪志 / 夺志
* 奮志 / 奋志 (fènzhì)
* 宏志
* 宣室志
* 宿志 (sùzhì)
* 寢丘之志 / 寝丘之志
* 專心一志 / 专心一志
* 專心致志 / 专心致志 (zhuānxīnzhìzhì)
* 小人得志 (xiǎoréndézhì)
* 尚志 (shàngzhì)
* 屈志
* 年少得志
* 張志 / 张志
* 彊志 / 强志
* 律曆志 / 律历志
* 得志 (dézhì)
* 心志 (xīnzhì)
* 心虔志誠 / 心虔志诚
* 志不可奪 / 志不可夺
* 志不可滿 / 志不可满
* 志事 (zhìshì)
* 志分
* 志向 (zhìxiàng)
* 志同心合
* 志同氣合 / 志同气合
* 志同道合 (zhìtóngdàohé)
* 志在千里
* 志在四方
* 志在必得 (zhìzàibìdé)
* 志堅 / 志坚 (zhìjiān)
* 志士 (zhìshì)
* 志士仁人 (zhìshìrénrén)
* 志大心高
* 志大才疏 (zhìdàcáishū)
* 志大才短
* 志學 / 志学 (zhìxué)
* 志尚
* 志工 (zhìgōng)
* 志度
* 志廣才疏 / 志广才疏
* 志得意滿 / 志得意满 (zhìdéyìmǎn)
* 志心
* 志怪 (zhìguài)
* 志怪小說 / 志怪小说
* 志意 (zhìyì)
* 志書 / 志书 (zhìshū)
* 志業 / 志业
* 志氣 / 志气 (zhìqì)
* 志氣凌雲 / 志气凌云
* 志沖斗牛
* 志滿氣得 / 志满气得
* 志留紀 / 志留纪 (Zhìliú Jì)
* 志略
* 志節 / 志节
* 志能之士
* 志行
* 志誠 / 志诚
* 志誠君子 / 志诚君子
* 志趣 (zhìqù)
* 志足意滿 / 志足意满
* 志量
* 志願 / 志愿 (zhìyuàn)
* 志願兵 / 志愿兵 (zhìyuànbīng)
* 志願卡 / 志愿卡
* 志願書 / 志愿书 (zhìyuànshū)
* 志願軍 / 志愿军 (Zhìyuànjūn)
* 志驕意滿 / 志骄意满
* 志高氣揚 / 志高气扬
* 惑志 (huòzhì)
* 情志 (qíngzhì)
* 意得志滿 / 意得志满
* 意志 (yìzhì, “will”) ( purpose)
* 意志消沉
* 意滿志得 / 意满志得
* 懷憂喪志 / 怀忧丧志
* 才疏志大
* 抗志
* 拔山志
* 摧志屈道
* 方志 (fāngzhì)
* 方言志
* 明志 (míngzhì)
* 有志 (yǒuzhì)
* 有志之士 (yǒuzhìzhīshì)
* 有志者事竟成 (yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng)
* 有志難酬 / 有志难酬
* 有志竟成 (“where there's a will, there's a way”)
* 本志 (běnzhì)
* 未竟之志
* 材疏志大
* 東山之志 / 东山之志
* 桑蓬之志
* 楊志賣刀 / 杨志卖刀
* 歷代志 / 历代志 (Lìdàizhì)
* 民志 (mínzhì)
* 氣充志定 / 气充志定
* 氣充志驕 / 气充志骄
* 氣滿志得 / 气满志得
* 氣滿志驕 / 气满志骄
* 氣驕志滿 / 气骄志满
* 沒志氣 / 没志气
* 沒志行 / 没志行
* 沒意志 / 没意志
* 洗心革志
* 海國圖志 / 海国图志
* 清芬志
* 溺志
* 漢志 / 汉志
* 澹泊明志
* 玩物喪志 / 玩物丧志 (wànwùsàngzhì)
* 甘貧守志 / 甘贫守志
* 用志不分
* 異志 / 异志 (yìzhì)
* 眾志成城 / 众志成城 (zhòngzhìchéngchéng)
* 矢志 (shǐzhì)
* 砥志礪行 / 砥志砺行
* 碧雞漫志 / 碧鸡漫志
* 神分志奪 / 神分志夺
* 神志 (shénzhì)
* 稱心滿志 / 称心满志
* 立志 (lìzhì)
* 第一志願 / 第一志愿 (dì-yī zhìyuàn)
* 箕山之志
* 篤志 / 笃志 (dǔzhì)
* 篤志好學 / 笃志好学
* 篤志愛古 / 笃志爱古
* 素志 (sùzhì)
* 終焉之志 / 终焉之志
* 縣志 / 县志 (xiànzhì)
* 繼志 / 继志
* 繼志述事 / 继志述事
* 續通志 / 续通志
* 翰墨志
* 聊齋志異 / 聊斋志异
* 職志 / 职志 (zhízhì)
* 肆志
* 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)
* 胸無大志 / 胸无大志 (xiōngwúdàzhì)
* 自由意志 (zìyóu yìzhì)
* 致志 (zhìzhì)
* 著志
* 華志 / 华志
* 華陽國志 / 华阳国志
* 蓄志
* 蕩志 / 荡志
* 藝文志 / 艺文志 (yìwénzhì)
* 螻蟻得志 / 蝼蚁得志
* 行志
* 覬覦之志 / 觊觎之志
* 詩以言志 / 诗以言志
* 誓無二志 / 誓无二志
* 豪情壯志 / 豪情壮志
* 貴志 / 贵志
* 賦詩言志 / 赋诗言志
* 蹈厲之志 / 蹈厉之志
* 躊躇滿志 / 踌躇满志 (chóuchúmǎnzhì)
* 輿地志 / 舆地志
* 輿志 / 舆志
* 辨志 (biànzhì)
* 通志
* 逞志
* 道同志合
* 道合志同
* 遠志 / 远志 (yuǎnzhì)
* 遜志時敏 / 逊志时敏
* 遺志 / 遗志 (yízhì)
* 銳志 / 锐志
* 降志辱身
* 雄心壯志 / 雄心壮志 (xióngxīnzhuàngzhì)
* 雜志 / 杂志 (zázhì)
* 青雲志 / 青云志
* 風雲之志 / 风云之志
* 食貨志 / 食货志
* 養志 / 养志
* 騁志 / 骋志
* 體物寫志 / 体物写志
* 高世志
* 高志
* 高昂鬥志 / 高昂斗志
* 鬥志 / 斗志 (dòuzhì)
* 鬥志昂揚 / 斗志昂扬 (dòuzhì'ángyáng)
* 鬥志高昂 / 斗志高昂
* 鴻鵠之志 / 鸿鹄之志 (hónghúzhīzhì)
* 鴻鵠大志 / 鸿鹄大志
* 齎志沒地 / 赍志没地
* 齎志而歿 / 赍志而殁

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: chí (志)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 志 – see 誌 (“records, annals; to memorize; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 誌).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition

#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kun: こころざし (kokorozashi, 志, Jōyō)、こころざす (kokorozasu, 志す, Jōyō)、しるす (shirusu, 志す)
* Nanori: ここ (koko)、こころ (kokoro)、しい (shī)、しさき (shisaki)、しむら (shimura)、のぞみ (nozomi)、のぞむ (nozomu)、ゆき (yuki)

#### Compounds

* 素志(そし) (soshi)
* 夙(しゅく)志(し) (shukushi)
* 宿(しゅく)志(し) (shukushi)
* 意志(いし) (ishi, “will, intent”)
* 闘志(とうし) (tōshi)
* 遺志(いし) (ishi)
* 同志(どうし) (dōshi)
* 志士(しし) (shishi)
* 異志(いし) (ishi)
* 言志(げんし) (genshi)
* 壮志(そうし) (sōshi)
* 具(ぐ)志(し)堅(けん) (Gushiken)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 志
* こころざし Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 志す (kokorozasu, “to intend to do something, to aspire to do something”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こころざし [kòkórózáshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ko̞ɾo̞za̠ɕi]

#### Noun

志(こころざし) • (kokorozashi)
* intention, aspiration, aim, ambition, will

##### Usage notes

This is one of only four everyday kanji with a five-mora reading, and one of only two nouns. The only other kanji with five-mora readings are 承 in the verb 承(うけたまわ)る (uketamawaru), 慮 in the verb 慮(おもんぱか)る (omonpakaru), and 詔(みことのり) (mikotonori). No kanji in common use has a six- or more mora reading. (Also see 謀(はかりごと) (hakarigoto))
The unusually long reading is due to two factors: 志(こころざし) (kokorozashi) is a nominalization of the verb 志(こころざ)す (kokorozasu), which has a long reading (four morae, kokoroza-su), which itself is a noun-verb compound, 心(こころ)指(ざ)す (kokorozasu). The nominalization absorbs the okurigana, hence increasing the reading by one mora, yielding 4+1=5, or more finely 3+(1+1)=5 (compare common 話(はなし) (hanashi) 2+1=3, from 話(はな)す (hanasu)).

### Etymology 2

Various name readings.

#### Proper noun

志(ゆき) or 志(ここ) or 志(こころ) or 志(のぞみ) or 志(しい) or 志(のぞむ) or 志(し) • (Yuki or Koko or Kokoro or Nozomi or Shī or Nozomu or Shi)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

志 (eumhun 뜻 지 (tteut ji))
* hanja form of 지 (“intention, will”)

#### Compounds

* 의지 (意志, uiji, “determination”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

志: Hán Nôm readings: chí, cao
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.