Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 music(Stand up 立 with the sun 日 and listen to the sound.)
立 to stand
日 day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
心 heart(Image 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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