Chinese symbol for “forget”
忘记
wàng jì
Traditional: 忘記
to forget
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forget is 忘记 (wàng jì), defined as: to forget.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “forget”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忘 | wàng | to forget; to overlook |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 忘掉 | wàng diào | to forget |
| 忘怀 (忘懷) | wàng huái | to forget |
| 还给老师 (還給老師) | huán gěi lǎo shī | to forget (everything one has learned) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 忘记.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 记得 (記得) | jì de | to remember |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forget”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.