忘 (wàng)
to forget
How 忘 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 匸 — hiding enclosure
- Traditional
- 忘
- Simplified
- 忘 (unchanged)
Components
- 匸 hiding enclosure
- 丶 dot
- 心 heart
Common words using 忘
- 忘記 wàngjì
- to forget
- 忘掉 wàngdiào
- to forget
- 念念不忘 niànniànbùwàng
- to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
- 淡忘 dànwàng
- to be forgotten; to fade from memory
- 遺忘 yíwàng
- to become forgotten; to forget
- 難忘 nánwàng
- unforgettable
- 健忘 jiànwàng
- absent-minded
- 健忘症 jiànwàngzhèng
- amnesia
- 備忘錄 bèiwànglù
- memorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book
- 公而忘私 gōngérwàngsī
- for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless
- 善忘 shànwàng
- forgetful; amnesia
- 廢寢忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí
- to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
忘 in a sentence
糟糕，我出門太急，忘了帶鑰匙。
Zāogāo, wǒ chūmén tài jí, wàngle dài yàoshi.
“Oh no, I left in such a hurry that I forgot to bring my keys.”
How common is 忘?
忘 is the 1,054th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90% of all running text.
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