IDENTITY
忆yìto recall; memory
HSK 4Top 800
CORE MEANING
to recall; memory
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to recall; memoryHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 忄heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰忄乙
- heart; mind
- gives the sound yì
USAGE
Common words
回忆huíyìto recall
记忆jìyìmemory
Graded examples
回忆过去很有意思。Huíyì guòqù hěn yǒu yìsi.HSK4
Recalling the past is interesting.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 亿
LEARNING
Memory aid
The heart (忄) turning back (乙) — remembering. (From 憶.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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