忘

wàng

to forget

to overlook; to neglect

vanish (亡) + heart (心) = to forget

亡 primarily contributes the sound wàng; 心 carries the meaning, suggesting that to forget is for something to vanish from the mind. The heart was seen as the seat of memory and thought in classical Chinese.

亡+心→忘
亡To fleePhonetic
心HeartSemantic

我忘了他的名字。

wǒ wàng le tā de míng zi。

I forgot his name.

你不能忘了今天要交的作业。

nǐ bù néng wàng le jīn tiān yào jiāo de zuò yè。

You cannot forget the homework that is due today.

Words with 忘

难忘

nán wàng

unforgettable

念念不忘

niàn niàn bù wàng

to keep in mind constantly (idiom)

忘情

wàng qíng

unmoved

过目不忘

guò mù bù wàng

to have a highly retentive memory

遗忘

yí wàng

to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

遗忘症

yí wàng zhèng

amnesia

健忘

jiàn wàng

forgetful

健忘症

jiàn wàng zhèng

amnesia

备忘录

bèi wàng lù

memorandum

公而忘私

gōng ér wàng sī

for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically

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 experience

勿忘国耻

wù wàng guó chǐ

Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria

More characters with 亡

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