忘 — Chinese character
忘
wàng
to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- Pinyin
- wàng
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 亡 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 亡
- Japanese
- 忘 as a kanji
Common words with 忘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忘记 (忘記) | wàng jì | to forget |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 备忘录 (備忘錄) | bèi wàng lù | memorandum; aide-memoire |
| 难忘 (難忘) | nán wàng | unforgettable |
| 忘掉 | wàng diào | to forget |
| 忘却 (忘卻) | wàng què | (literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget |
| 忘不了 | wàng bu liǎo | cannot forget |
| 念念不忘 | niàn niàn bù wàng | to keep in mind constantly (idiom) |
| 忘恩负义 (忘恩負義) | wàng ēn fù yì | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth |
| 淡忘 | dàn wàng | to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory |
| 忘怀 (忘懷) | wàng huái | to forget |
| 健忘 | jiàn wàng | forgetful |
English words written with 忘
忘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · Mencius 17 · Zhuangzi 86 · Great Learning 3
- Analects 7.18
- Analects 12.21
- Analects 14.13
- Analects 19.5
- Mencius 1B.4
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 3A.2
- Mencius 3B.1
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