意
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意 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿日心 (YTAP), four-corner 00336, composition ⿱音心 or ⿱立𢗭)
simp. and trad. |
意 | |
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2nd round simp. | 𰐺 |
Historical forms of the character 意 | |||
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Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Modern form is a compound of 音 and 心 (“heart”). However, the top component is etymologically unrelated to 音. According to Lin (1920), 𠶷 (a compound of 言 and 中) found in bronze inscriptions is the same character as 意 (yì).
意
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