Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling

Kunyomi: シリング こころざ.す こころざし

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(いし)   will, volition

(たいし)   ambition, aspiration

(ゆうし)   voluntary, volunteer

(とうし)   fighting spirit

(いし)   dying wish

望する(しぼうする)   wish for, desire [v.t.]

向する(しこうする)   favor, incline towards [v.t.]

願する(しがんする)   apply for, volunteer for

す(こころざす)   aspire to, set aims

(こころざし)   will, intention

Onyomi Examples

シコウ intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)

シガン aspiration, volunteering, desire, application

イシ wishes of a deceased person, dying wish

リッシ fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal

Kunyomi Examples

こころざす to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)

こころざし will, resolution, intention, ambition, aim, goal, kindness, goodwill, kind offer, gift (as a token of gratitude)

ある者は事ついに成る こころざしあるものはことついになる where there's a will, there's a way, with ambition one can achieve anything

おこころざし kindness, courtesy

青雲の せいうんのこころざし high (lofty) ambition