音読み: シ
訓読み: こころざす・
こころざし
画数: 7
部首: 心（こころ）
Meaning
Ambition / Will / Aspiration / Intention
- Basic forms
- 志す — to aspire to; to aim for / base form
- 志します — aspire to; aim for / masu form
- 志した — aspired to; aimed for / ta-form
- 志して — aspiring to; aiming for and … / te-form
- 志さない — do not aspire to / negative
- 志せば — if one aspires to / conditional
- Common uses
- 医者を志す — aspire to become a doctor
- 高い理想を志す — aim for high ideals
- 学問の道を志す — pursue the path of scholarship
志す（こころざす） is a godan verb. It expresses a **deliberate, long-term aspiration**, often toward a profession, goal, or ideal. More formal and thoughtful than 目指す.
- 志望 — aspiration / wish (e.g., school or job)
- 意志 — will / determination
- 志願 — application / volunteering
- 有志 — volunteers / willing participants
志 combines 心 (heart) with 士 (scholar/gentleman), expressing a heart set on a goal — hence ideas of ambition, resolve, and a declared intention.
彼は 医者になるという志を持っている。
He has the ambition to become a doctor.
志望校に 合格できました。
I was accepted into my desired school.
志望 — aspiration / preference