# 憶 — recollect; memory

憶 means “recollect; memory”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. On'yomi: オク (oku). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: recollect; memory
- On'yomi: オク (oku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 16
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Thinking & noticing 2

## How to remember 憶

Parts: 忄 heart · 意 idea

## Don't confuse it with

[意](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/idea/) · [億](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/hundred-million/) · [臆](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/timid/) · [暗](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/dark/)

## More in the “Thinking & noticing 2” set

[析](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/analyse/) · [顧](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/look-back/) · [哲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/philosophy/) · [妥](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/compromise/) · [旨](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/gist/) · [憶](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/recollect/) · [概](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/broad-outline/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/recollect/. Last updated 2026-11-01.