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Chinese symbol for “forgetful”

健忘
jiàn wàng
forgetful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for forgetful is 健忘 (jiàn wàng), defined as: forgetful.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

健 jiàn
strong, robust, healthy; strength
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
忘 wàng
to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
radical 61 ⼼ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “forgetful”

WordPinyinMeaning
丢三落四 (丟三落四)diū sān là sìforgetful; empty-headed
惛hūnconfused; forgetful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 健忘.

WordPinyinMeaning
健康jiàn kānghealth; healthy
健全jiàn quánrobust; sound
保健bǎo jiànhealth protection; health care
健身jiàn shēnto exercise; to keep fit
稳健 (穩健)wěn jiànfirm; stable and steady
健身房jiàn shēn fánggym; fitness club
忘记 (忘記)wàng jìto forget
遗忘 (遺忘)yí wàngto forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

See also: Japanese symbol for “forgetful”.

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.

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