remember

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

乙 sound component

  Sound component

zhé

  

second

Evolution

忆 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
忆 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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remember, reflect upon; memory; to recollect; to remember

Most common words with 忆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

记忆

to remember

回忆

to recall

memory

记忆力

faculty of memory

回忆录

memoir