回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
回忆
huíyì
to remember; memory
Characters in this word
忆 yì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 乙 second
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我回忆童年。 Wǒ huíyì tóngnián. I remember my childhood.
- 这段回忆很美。 Zhè duàn huíyì hěn měi. This memory is beautiful.
- 别回忆旧事。 Bié huíyì jiùshì. Do not remember old things.