忆述
yì​shù

recount

忆 yì remember Simplified

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

述 shù tell, narrate

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 术 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

术
术 Sound component
shù art

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywitCə-lut follow

說文解字

《說文》：“述，循也。从辵，朮聲。，籀文从秫。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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