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The character "志" originates from an early conceptual blend of the heart component, representing intention or mind, and the component for a scholar or a person with a fixed aim, together conveying the idea of a focused heart or mind. Its core meaning has consistently centered on the concepts of will, aspiration, and determination, reflecting an inner resolve guiding outward action. Over time, a semantic extension emerged where "志" also came to mean "to record" or "a record", leading to the creation of a traditional variant form, "誌", which incorporates the speech radical to explicitly denote this written function. This bifurcation allowed the original form to retain its primary abstract meaning related to purpose and ambition, while the elaborated form specialized in denoting annals, geographical records, or written signs, though both forms share the same fundamental phonetic and conceptual root.
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我买了一本杂志。
他有远大的志向。
这孩子很有志气。
我的志愿是当医生。
这个标志很醒目。
他立志要考上大学。
他志在科学研究。
这本志书记载了历史。