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
回忆录
huíyìlù
memoir; reminiscences
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
录 lù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这本回忆录不仅记录私人经历，也折射出一个时代的精神困境。 Zhè běn huíyìlù bùjǐn jìlù sīrén jīnglì, yě zhéshè chū yí ge shídài de jīngshén kùnjìng. This memoir records not only private experience, but also reflects the spiritual predicament of an era.
- 爷爷退休后开始写回忆录，记下年轻时的故事。 Yéye tuìxiū hòu kāishǐ xiě huíyìlù, jìxià niánqīng shí de gùshi. After retiring, Grandpa began writing a memoir to record the stories of his youth.
- 这本回忆录写得很朴实，读起来像在听老人聊天。 Zhè běn huíyìlù xiě de hěn púshí, dú qǐlái xiàng zài tīng lǎorén liáotiān. This memoir is written very simply; reading it feels like listening to an old person chat.