愿
yuàn · HSK 5
wish
🙏 愿 = 原 (source) + 页 (page/head); a wish formed at the source of the mind
Components: 原 yuán (origin, source) gives the sound; 页 yè (head/page) marks it as a mental act. Together: a desire originating in the head. Same yuán sound as 原, just with a falling tone.
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'.