记 jì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
记忆
jìyì
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
- 我的记忆好。 Wǒ de jìyì hǎo. I have a good memory.
- 这段记忆深。 Zhè duàn jìyì shēn. This memory is deep.
- 记忆慢慢淡。 Jìyì màn màn dàn. The memory slowly fades.