臆

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(bound form) chest; breast; (bound form) inner feelings; subjective

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The part of the body ⺼ that feels 意; 意 also provides the pronunciation

Components ⺼意

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
臆想症	yì xiǎng zhèng	mythomania
倾吐胸臆	qīng tǔ xiōng yì	to pour out one's heart
臆想狂	yì xiǎng kuáng	mythomaniac
臆见	yì jiàn	subjective view
臆断	yì duàn	to assume; assumption
胸臆	xiōng yì	inner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
臆想	yì xiǎng	subjective idea
臆造	yì zào	to concoct; to dream up
直抒胸臆	zhí shū xiōng yì	to speak one's mind
臆测	yì cè	to speculate; to conjecture
臆羚	yì líng	chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)