提醒
tíxǐng · HSK 4
remind
⏰ 提 (lift/raise) + 醒 (wake up) = raise-awake = remind
提 means to lift or raise; 醒 means to wake up or be alert. Together: to raise someone into awareness — to remind or alert them. The 酉 in 醒 hints at wine/sobering up, reinforcing the wake-up sense.
提 — hand radical 扌 + 是 (phonetic)
提 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 gives the meaning, since the character originally referred to lifting or carrying something by hand. The right side 是 supplies the sound. From 'lift up' it extended to 'raise (an issue),' 'mention,' and 'bring forward.'
醒 — wine/alcohol 酉 + star 星 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 酉 depicts a wine jar and gives the meaning 'related to alcohol' — originally 'to sober up from drunkenness.' The right side 星 (xīng) supplies the sound. The meaning later broadened to 'wake up' and 'become aware.'