IDENTITY
意yìmeaning; intention
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
meaning; intention
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.meaningHSK1
- 2.intentionHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 心heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱音心
- gives the sound yì (historical)
- heart; mind
USAGE
Common words
意思yìsimeaning
注意zhùyìto pay attention
愿意yuànyìwilling
Graded examples
你明白我的意思吗？Nǐ míngbai wǒ de yìsi ma?HSK3
Do you understand what I mean?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The sound (音) that carries the heart (心) — meaning, intention.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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