もと
イ, よし
idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

This kanji has 13 strokes: 9 in the "sound" radical (おと) and 4 other strokes.

Sample compounds (42) :


  1. ふい
    (a-no) sudden, abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen

  2. せいい
    true heart, correct meaning

  3. がい
    meaning of a picture

  4. ないい
    intention, personal opinion

  5. ほんい
    one's real intent, motive, hopes

  6. ひょうい
    gesture

  7. いひょう
    surprise, something unexpected

  8. はんい
    spirit of rebellion

  9. たい
    ill will, malice, another intention, secret purpose, ulterior motive, fickleness, double-mindedness

  10. にんい
    any, arbitrary, optional, pleasure, discretion, free will

  11. きゅうい
    peace, tranquility

  12. さくい
    idea, design, motif, conception, intention
  13. 便
    べんい
    call of nature, bowel-movement

  14. どうい
    agreement, consent, same meaning, same opinion, approval

  15. そうい
    original idea, originality

  16. いりょく
    will, will power

  17. ちょくい
    meaning or gist of a decree

  18. くい
    meaning of phrase

  19. いしょう
    design

  20. こい
    ancient ways, the feelings of the ancients

  21. げんい
    original meaning

  22. いじ
    disposition, spirit, willpower, obstinacy, "backbone", appetite

  23. いし
    will, volition

  24. いがい
    (an) unexpected, surprising

  25. たいい
    schema

  26. こうい
    good will, favor, courtesy

  27. じつい
    sincerity, real intentions

  28. きょうい
    emphasis

  29. ぎょい
    your will, your pleasure

  30. しい
    selfishness, arbitrariness

  31. いよく
    (oK) will, desire, ambition

  32. ぶんい
    meaning of a sentence

  33. いき
    spirit, heart, disposition

  34. ちゃくい
    caution, conception, idea

  35. ほに
    (vs) changing ones mind

  36. ゆうい
    (a-no) significance

  37. じい
    intention to resign

  38. いけん
    opinion, view

  39. ごい
    meaning of a word

  40. いしき
    (vs) consciousness, senses

  41. がい
    congratulatory feeling

  42. いば
    uncontrolled
Kanji Character : 意
Kuten Encoding : 1653
SJIS Encoding : 3055
Unicode Encoding : 610f
Old Nelson Index : 5113
Radical Number : 180
Classical Radical Number : 61
Frequency Ranking : 98
Gakken Index : 118
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 2136
Heisig Index : 608
Henshall Index : 226
New Nelson Index : 1926
O'Neil Index : 2007
Stroke Count : 13
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 5b8.2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : b
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 132
SKIP Code : 2-2-11
De Roo Code : 458
Four Corner Code : 0033.6
Korean reading : eui
Pinyin reading : yi4
Morohashi Index String : 10921
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 4.1113
Morohashi Index Number : 10921
Morohashi Page : 1113
Morohashi Volume : 4
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP2-5-8
Dictionary Codes
  1. R458
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