忘
to forget; to overlook; to neglect
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,224 U+5FD8
How 忘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 亡 (phonetic, wáng)
How to remember it
forget · Heisig RSH #564
perish + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亡 (wáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亡 sound component | wáng | death, destruction; to lose; to perish |
| 妄 | wàng | absurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild |
| 芒 | máng | blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis |
| 罔 | wǎng | none; to deceive; to slander |
| 氓 | méng | people, subjects, vassals |
| 邙 | máng | a mountain in Henan province |
| 肓 | huāng | abdominal cavity; the area between the heart and diaphragm |
| 虻 | méng | horsefly, gadfly |
Words containing 忘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前事不忘，后事之师 | qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī | don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experien… |
| 忘年之交 | wàng nián zhī jiāo | (idiom) friends with a significant age gap |
| 见利忘义 | jiàn lì wàng yì | (idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit |
| 过目不忘 | guò mù bù wàng | to have a highly retentive memory; to have sth imprinted in one's memory |
| 见色忘义 | jiàn sè wàng yì | to forget loyalty when in love; hoes before bros |
| 得意忘形 | dé yì wàng xíng | so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy |
| 贵人多忘事 | guì rén duō wàng shì | see 貴人多忘|贵人多忘[gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4] |
| 忘年交 | wàng nián jiāo | friends with a significant age gap |
| 贵人多忘 | guì rén duō wàng | an eminent person has short memory (idiom) |
| 提笔忘字 | tí bǐ wàng zì | to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters |
| 见色忘友 | jiàn sè wàng yǒu | to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love |
| 忘不了 | wàng bu liǎo | cannot forget |
| 发行备忘录 | fā xíng bèi wàng lù | offering memorandum (for public stock issue); publication memorandum |
| 公而忘私 | gōng ér wàng sī | for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; s… |
| 忘其所以 | wàng qí suǒ yǐ | see 忘乎所以[wang4 hu1 suo3 yi3] |
| 舍生忘死 | shě shēng wàng sǐ | bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb; undaunted by pe… |
| 忘性 | wàng xìng | forgetfulness |
| 忘机 | wàng jī | free of worldly concerns; above the fray; at peace with the world |
| 吃水不忘挖井人 | chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén | see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2] |
| 永志不忘 | yǒng zhì bù wàng | never to be forgotten |