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zhì
  1. 1.sign
  2. 2.mark
  3. 3.to record
  4. 4.to write a footnote
zhì
  1. 1.aspiration
  2. 2.ambition
  3. 3.the will

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.will; determination; aspiration; ambition
  2. 2.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjɯs): phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ) + semantic 心. Note that the top has been simplified and is now graphically 士. From 之 (OC *tjɯ, “to go; to proceed”) + endopassive suffix *-s, literally “what is being proceeded to” (Schuessler, 2007).

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