Japanese symbol for “forgetting”
失念
しつねん
Romaji: shitsunen
forgetting; lapse of memory
In Japanese, forgetting is 失念, read しつねん (shitsunen).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt forgetting; lapse of memory
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “forgetting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| チャラ | チャラ chara | forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened) |
| 忘失 | ぼうしつ boushitsu | forgetting; losing |
| 遺留 | いりゅう iryuu | leaving behind; forgetting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失敗 | しっぱい shippai | failure; mistake; blunder |
| 損失 | そんしつ sonshitsu | loss (of assets, profit, etc.) |
| 失う | うしなう ushinau | to lose |
| 失業 | しつぎょう shitsugyou | unemployment |
| 失礼 | しつれい shitsurei | discourtesy; impoliteness |
| 喪失 | そうしつ soushitsu | loss; forfeit |
| 記念 | きねん kinen | commemoration; celebration; remembrance |
| 残念 | ざんねん zannen | regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.