TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
憶
憶 = 忄 + 意
ㄧˋ · yì
verb — to remember, recall
字源 FORM — what the parts do
忄義the heart, mind
意聲yì — a thought, intent; gives the sound — and the meaning toodual-role: 意 is the thought being called back
The heart (忄) calls a thought back up — to remember. 意 yì carries the sound and pulls its own weight in meaning: 意 is the thought itself, here brought again to mind. So 記憶 holds, 回憶 turns back, 憶起 fetches up.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一個舊念頭(意)沉在心(忄)底,輕輕一撈,又上來了。
An old thought (意) settled at the bottom of the heart (忄); a light pull, and it surfaces again.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)記憶、回憶— to remember, recall常用
→憶起— to call to mind — to fetch a thing up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension