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憶 = 意 + 忄

憶 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “recollection”. It is built from 意 (idea) and 忄 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 679.

Keyword
recollection
RTK frame
679
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
オク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
воспоминания
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
憶 remember

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 意 idea
  2. 忄 heart

How to find 憶 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “idea” + “heart”. 憶 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 憶 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.