Kanji N1

志: intention, plan, resolve

志 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning intention, plan, resolve, written with 7 strokes. It is read シ (on) and シリング, こころざす, こころざし (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 志 (こころざし, will) and 志向 (しこう, intention).

志

Meanings

  • intention
  • plan
  • resolve
  • aspire
  • motive
  • hopes
  • shilling
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#823 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • シリング
  • こころざす
  • こころざし

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 志

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 志こころざし

    will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal

    JLPT N1
  • 志向しこう

    intention; aim; preference (for)

    JLPT N1
  • 同志どうし

    like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind

    JLPT N1
  • 志望しぼう

    wish; desire; ambition; choice

    JLPT N1
  • 意志いし

    will; volition; intention; intent; determination

    JLPT N3
  • 志すこころざす

    to aspire to; to aim for; to intend; to resolve

    JLPT N1
  • 志願しがん

    aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

  • 有志ゆうし

    interested person; volunteer; supporter

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.