忆 yì to remember
to remember; memory
怎么记住“忆”: 忄 heart + 乙 second = to remember. Grandma puts a hand on her heart, and at the second song she begins to remember her first dance.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
忆 = 忄 heart + 乙 second
- 忄 heart meaning
- 乙 second sound
Grandma puts a hand on her heart, and at the second song she begins to remember her first dance.
How it came to be
In the simplified form, the heart gives the meaning and the right part the sound; the full form had the part for thought there.
用法
- Bound; to recall/memory. 回忆 (huíyì) reminisce/memories, 记忆 (jìyì) memory.
- 回忆 (huíyì) is the act of looking back on the past (回忆童年, recall one's childhood); 记忆 (jìyì) is the faculty/store of memory.
- 记忆犹新 (jìyì-yóuxīn) = still fresh in one's memory.
含“忆”的词语
例句
- 把美好的回忆留在心中。 Bǎ měihǎo de huíyì liú zài xīnzhōng.Hold your beautiful memories in your heart.