忆
to recollect; to remember; memory
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Dict coverage rank #2,208 U+5FC6
How 忆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 乙 (phonetic, yǐ)
How to remember it
recall · Heisig RSH #1806
state of mind + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乙 (yǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乙 sound component | 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 |
Words containing 忆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |