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Translingual
Han character
憶 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心卜廿心 (PYTP), four-corner 90036, composition ⿰忄意)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 404, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11295
- Dae Jaweon: page 744, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2362, character 13
- Unihan data for U+61B6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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噫
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*qrɯːɡs, *qɯ
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譩
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*qɯ, *qɯʔ, *qɯl
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醷
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*qɯʔ, *qɯɡ
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意
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*qɯɡs
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鷾
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*qɯɡs
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憶
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*qɯɡ
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億
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*qɯɡ
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臆
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*qɯɡ
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繶
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*qɯɡ
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澺
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*qɯɡ
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薏
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*qɯɡ
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檍
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*qɯɡ
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癔
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*qɯɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯɡ) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 意 (OC *qɯɡs, “thought”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- it - vernacular;
- ek/iak - literary.
Note:
- êg8 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
- êg4 - Jieyang.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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憶
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔik ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔ(r)ək/
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English
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remember
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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憶
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15156
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Phonetic component
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意
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Rime group
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職
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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憶
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Old Chinese
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/*qɯɡ/
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Definitions
憶
- to recall; to recollect; to think back; to remember
- 回憶/回忆 ― huíyì ― to reminisce
- to bear in mind; to memorize; to remember
- 記憶/记忆 ― jìyì ― to remember
- memory
- 回憶/回忆 ― huíyì ― memory
Synonyms
- 回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
- 回念 (huíniàn)
- 回想 (huíxiǎng)
- 回憶 / 回忆 (huíyì)
- 回溯 (huísù)
- 回顧 / 回顾 (huígù)
- 回首 (huíshǒu)
- 思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
- 感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
- 感懷 / 感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
- 想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
- 憶想 / 忆想 (yìxiǎng)
- 懷古 / 怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
- 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
- 留戀 / 留恋 (liúliàn) (to recall with nostalgia)
- 緬想 / 缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
- 緬懷 / 缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
- 記 / 记 (jì)
- 記得 / 记得 (jìde)
- 記憶 / 记忆 (jìyì)
- 記起 / 记起 (jìqǐ)
- 諗起 / 谂起 (nam2 hei2) (Cantonese)
- 追 (literary, or in compounds)
- 追念 (zhuīniàn)
- 追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
- 追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
- 追憶 / 追忆 (zhuīyì)
- 追懷 / 追怀 (zhuīhuái)
- 遙想 / 遥想 (yáoxiǎng)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
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憶
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Kyūjitai [1]
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憶󠄂 憶+󠄂 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
憶
(Jōyō kanji)
- to think, to consider, to believe
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 憶 (MC 'ik).
Pronunciation
Affix
憶 • (oku)
- to recall; to remember
- to guess; to conjecture
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 901 (paper), page 500 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
憶 • (eok) (hangeul 억, revised eok, McCune–Reischauer ŏk, Yale ek)
- remember
- reflect upon
- memory
Vietnamese
Han character
憶: Hán Nôm readings: ức
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Noun
憶
- Sawndip form of aek (“chest; breast; thorax”)