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忆

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to recollect; to remember; memory

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
4
Radical
心 +1
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
憶
Common rank
#2,208
Unicode
U+5FC6

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 忆 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 meaning “heart” + 乙 sound ( yǐ )

Components 忄 乙

How to remember it

recall · Heisig RSH #1806

state of mind + fishhook

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 忆

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
随机存取记忆体 suí jī cún qǔ jì yì tǐ random access memory (RAM)
记忆电路 jì yì diàn lù memory circuit
工作记忆 gōng zuò jì yì working memory
快速记忆法 kuài sù jì yì fǎ mnemotechnic method
快闪记忆体盘 kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ pán (computing) flash drive; thumb drive
记忆广度 jì yì guǎng dù memory span
快闪记忆体 kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ (computing) flash memory
记忆化 jì yì huà memoization (computing)
记忆体 jì yì tǐ (Tw) (computer) memory
记忆力 jì yì lì faculty of memory; ability to remember
记忆器 jì yì qì memristor (memory transistor)
记忆卡 jì yì kǎ memory card
失忆症 shī yì zhèng amnesia
肌肉记忆 jī ròu jì yì muscle memory
回忆录 huí yì lù memoir
忆苦饭 yì kǔ fàn unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships; fig. poor-tasting meal
记忆犹新 jì yì yóu xīn to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
忆苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
记忆棒 jì yì bàng (Sony) memory stick
回忆 huí yì to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 乙 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
乙 sound part yǐ second; 2nd heavenly stem
艺 yì art; talent, ability; craft
虱 shī bug, louse, parasite
亿 yì hundred million; many
穵 wā a deep hollow; to dig out, to gouge
钇 yǐ yttrium