忘 wàng — to forget; to overlook, to leave behind

拼音

• wàng (fourth tone, falling)

to forget; to overlook, to leave behind

字形拆解

• 亡sound partno entry yet亡 wáng for the sound. Its own meaning — to be lost, to perish — reads straight through into the compound.
• 心meaning partThe heart, which in Chinese holds the memory as well as the feelings.

Mnemonic

Lost 亡 over the heart 心: what the heart has mislaid. The phonetic here happens to carry its own meaning straight into the compound, which is rarer than beginners expect. Two everyday shapes: 忘记 to forget, and 别忘了 don’t forget — the sentence any teacher ends the lesson with.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

含“忘”的词

• 忘wàng (fourth tone, falling)to forget
• 忘记/忘記wàngjì (fourth tone, falling)不记得了；没有想起来
• 难忘/難忘nán (second tone, rising) wàng (fourth tone, falling)unforgettable
• 遗忘/遺忘yí (second tone, rising) wàng (fourth tone, falling)to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
• 忘掉wàng (fourth tone, falling) diào (fourth tone, falling)to forget
• 备忘录/備忘錄bèi (fourth tone, falling) wàng (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)memorandum
• 念念不忘niàn (fourth tone, falling) niàn (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) wàng (fourth tone, falling)to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
• 忘不了wàng (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) liǎo (third tone, dipping)cannot forget
• 废寝忘食/廢寢忘食fèi (fourth tone, falling) qǐn (third tone, dipping) wàng (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising)to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)

部首 心 — other characters

• 心xīn (first tone, high and level)heart; mind, feelings, intention; the centre of something (中心)
• 想xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to think, to reflect; to want to, to would like to; to miss someone
• 爱/愛ài (fourth tone, falling)to love; to like, to be fond of; love, affection
• 怕pà (fourth tone, falling)to fear, to be afraid of; to be afraid that; probably, I dare say