忘 — kanji meaning “forget”
忘
forget
- Meanings
- forget
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)
- Kun'yomi
- わす.れる
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1129 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- wàng, wáng — Chinese character page
Words with 忘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忘年会 | ぼうねんかい bounenkai | year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai |
| 忘れ物 | わすれもの wasuremono | lost article; thing left behind |
| 忘れる | わすれる wasureru | to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of |
| 忘却 | ぼうきゃく boukyaku | lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion |
| 物忘れ | ものわすれ monowasure | forgetfulness |
| 忘れ去る | わすれさる wasuresaru | to forget completely; to leave behind |
| 備忘録 | びぼうろく bibouroku | notebook; memorandum; commonplace book |
| 健忘症 | けんぼうしょう kenboushou | amnesia; loss of memory |
| 忘れな草 | わすれなぐさ wasurenagusa | forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides) |
| 健忘 | けんぼう kenbou | forgetfulness |
| 忘れ形見 | わすれがたみ wasuregatami | memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake |
| 忘我 | ぼうが bouga | trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm |
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