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Today's Kanji

Today's Kanji -- March 9, 2010

意
  • on reading:
  • イ
  • kun reading:
  • meaning(s):
  • idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
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Stroke Order Diagram
Compounds

Compounds

ご注意 ごちゅうい be careful
悪意 あくい ill will; malice; spite; evil intention; bad faith
意を汲む いをくむ to enter into a person's feelings
意を迎える いをむかえる to cater to another's wish
意を得ない いをえない fail to make sense (of)
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