Amazing Chinese Characters (355) Intent - 意

 The big seal script of character Intent is 

The top is character 音 - Sound (Post 159）

The bottom is character 心 - Heart (Post 24)

The character means: the sound of heart, which is intention of a person. The sound of heart is unspoken out intention, you can hear but others can't. 

The small seal script of the character is

Similarly, the top is the Sound (Post 159), the bottom is Heart (Post 24).

The clerical script of the character is

The top is Sound, the bottom is Heart.

Its song typeface is

意

Its Pinyin is Yi4.

意 means both spoken out intention and unspoken out intention now. It is your intention from your heart.