意图

yìtú · HSK 7

intention

🎯 意 idea/will + 图 plan/scheme = the plan behind what you mean to do

意 carries meaning or will; 图 is a plan or scheme (same 图 as in 地图 map). Put will and plan together and you get intent: the aim driving an action.

图 — enclosure 囗 + 冬 (simplified from 啚)
Originally written 圖, showing an enclosure 囗 around 啚, a depiction of a granary or rural settlement on a map. The whole character meant a map or chart of demarcated territory. Meaning later broadened to picture, diagram, or to plan/scheme.

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