志愿
zhìyuàn · HSK 3
wish
🎯 志愿 = will/ambition (志) + wish (愿)
志 carries the sense of one's resolve or set intent; 愿 means wish or hope. Together they form a single direction the heart is aimed at — an aspiration or vow, as in 志愿者 (volunteer, one who wishes to serve).
愿 — 原 (source) + 心 (heart)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The heart radical 心 carries the meaning of inner feeling or wish, while 原 (yuán, 'source/plain') supplies the sound. Together they depict a wish welling up from the heart, giving the senses 'to wish, to be willing'.