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yì HSK5

remember

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

乙 Sound component

yǐ second

Sources

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

yì remember Traditional

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

意 Sound component

yì, yi thought

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'ik	ʔ(r)ək	remember

Sources

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