憶

See also: 忆

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 意 (“thought”)

Han character

憶 (radical 61 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心卜廿心 (PYTP), four-corner 9003₆, composition ⿰忄意)

1. remember, reflect upon
2. memory

References

• KangXi: page 404, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11295
• Dae Jaweon: page 744, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2362, character 13
• Unihan data for U+61B6

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Cantonese

Hanzi

憶 (simplified 忆, Jyutping jik1, Yale yik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

憶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: おく (oku)
• Kan’on: よく (yoku)
• Kun: おぼえる (oboeru), おもう (omou)

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Korean

Hanja

憶 (eok) (hangeul 억, revised eok, McCune-Reischauer ŏk, Yale ek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

憶 (simplified 忆, Pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Verb

憶 (traditional, Pinyin yì, simplified 忆)

1. To remember

   记憶 (記忆)

   回憶 (回忆)

Noun

憶 (traditional, Pinyin yì, simplified 忆)

1. memory

   回憶 (回忆)

Usage notes

Used only in compounds

References

• "憶" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-14.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

憶 (*qiək)

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Vietnamese

Han character

憶 (ức)

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