Memory phrase for the character: 意

意

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Meaning

intention, mind, thought

Pronunciation

 I

Explanation

 Top: sound, noise 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with sound/music [of the clock radio?]), bottom: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
Like sounds of my heart: My intentions!

Radicals

意 intention, mind, thought
音 musicStand up 立 with the sun 日 and listen to the sound.
立 to standA person with wide hips 六 stands upright on the ground 一.
日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

敵意 てきい  animosity, enmity
意味 いみ  meaning, significance
意見 いけん  opinion, view
好意 こうい  good will, favor, courtesy
用意 ようい  preparation
生意気 なまいき  impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, brazen
熱意 ねつい  zeal, enthusiasm
注意 ちゅうい  caution, being careful, attention, warning, advice
決意 けつい  decision, determination

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