忆
yì HSK5

remember

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 乙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憶.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

乙
乙 Sound component
yǐ second

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

憶 yì remember Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 意 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

意
意 Sound component
yì, yi thought

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'ikʔ(r)ək remember

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart