Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

憶: recollection, think

Also: remember

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 意 gives the sound

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

オクoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 記憶きおくmemory; recollection; remembrance
  • 憶測おくそくguess; speculation; supposition
  • 追憶ついおくrecollection; reminiscence

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
忄

Also built on heart (忄)

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意

Also built on idea (意)

憶 takes the 意 family's reading, オク (oku).

Also read オク

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
憶 recollection · 忄
vs億 hundred million · 亻
憶 has 忄 where 億 has 亻.
In ChineseSimplified 忆 · traditional, as in Japanese · yì

Japan keeps the traditional form 憶; mainland China simplifies it to 忆.

Simplified
忆 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
憶 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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