志 (zhì) — will, aim, aspiration

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

志 character · B1 (est.)

志＝之＋心

ㄓˋ · zhì

noun — will, aim, aspiration

字源 FORM — what the parts do

之聲zhī — gives the sounda foot setting out toward a line — worn into the top 士 in the modern glyph

Tzhī → zhì — tone shifts off the donor

心義the heart

Where the heart (心) is headed. The top was 之 zhī, a foot stepping toward a goal — copying wore it into something like 士. The heart's set direction: 志向、意志、志願.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻腳（之）正要邁出，底下一顆心（心）認準了方向。

A foot (之) about to step out, a heart (心) beneath it fixed on where to go.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)志向、意志— will; aspiration常用

→志願— a wish; to volunteer

⇒雜誌— a journal — a record (later 誌)

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension