意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
意图
yìtú
intention; to intend
Characters in this word
图 tú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 该文件并未意图改变现有合同，只是补充说明执行细则。 Gāi wénjiàn bìng wèi yìtú gǎibiàn xiànyǒu hétong, zhǐ shì bǔchōng shuōmíng zhíxíng xìzé. The document does not intend to alter the existing contract; it merely supplements the implementation details.
- 他每天早上五点起床跑步，意图很明显，就是为了健康。 Tā měitiān zǎoshang wǔ diǎn qǐchuáng pǎobù, yìtú hěn míngxiǎn, jiùshì wèile jiànkāng. He gets up at five every morning to run; his intention is obvious — it's for his health.
- 老师一眼就看出了学生的意图，笑着摇了摇头。 Lǎoshī yìyǎn jiù kàn chūle xuésheng de yìtú, xiàozhe yáole yáotóu. The teacher saw the student's intention at a glance and shook his head with a smile.