旨在

zhǐ zài · HSK 7

to be intended to

🎯 旨 = purpose/aim + 在 = to be at; the purpose lies in doing something

旨 carries the sense of intent or aim, and 在 marks where something is located. Together 旨在 says an action's purpose is located at a goal, i.e. it aims to or is intended to do that thing.

在 — earth 土 + phonetic 才
Originally a phono-semantic compound: 土 (earth) gives the meaning of a place or location, while 才 supplies the sound. It came to mean 'to be present/located at,' and now also serves as a grammatical marker for ongoing actions, like 'in the middle of doing.'

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