臆

yì

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(bound form) chest, breast

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

臆 yì pairs 月 meat and body with 意 yì, which gives the sound. It first meant the sternum. The meaning grew to chest, then feelings and thoughts.

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Homophones

a hundred million, calculate

benefit, profit, advantage

to recollect, to remember, memory

to restrain, to restrict, to keep down

idea, meaning, thought, to think

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