記憶

きおく · kioku · JLPT N3 · noun

memory

📝🧠 記 record + 憶 recall (忄 heart radical) = memory

記 means to write down or record, as in 日記 (diary). 憶 has the heart radical 忄, the old seat of thought, and means to recall. A record you can recall is a memory. Sound hook: kioku, key, OK? Memory is the key.

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