志 (zhì)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 士 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 志 is also used to mean "write down, record", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 誌.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》：“志，意也。从心，之聲。”

Components

• 士 (sound) — Originally the sound component was 之/止, but was later reanalyzed as 士, which also works as a sound component.
• 心 (meaning)