The word 有意 is formed through a direct conceptual combination of its two component characters: 有, meaning "to have" or "there is", and 意, meaning "intention", "thought", or "meaning". It is formed by merging these concrete ideas into a single, more abstract concept, the state of "having intention". This creates a new, unified notion of deliberate purpose or conscious awareness, where the possession (有) of a specific mental aim (意) is fused into a single term for "intentional" or "deliberate".