任意 (rèn yì)

Character breakdown

• 任 (Rén) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 壬 represents the sound.

• 意 (Yì) · 13 strokes

  Thought (意) is the sound (音) that comes from the mind (心). (Oversimplified for brevity. The 音 component in this character has a complicated history.)