忘

Forget

Stroke count: 7

Readings

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Kun readingわす.れる

JLPT level: N3 Jōyō Grade 6Level 18

Verbs with «忘»

Meanings

forgetRtK

to forget
to leave carelessly
to be forgetful of
to forget about
to forget (an article)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical心heart 忄variant 㣺variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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perish · deceased · top hat (亠) · fishhook · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 640

Compound words

忘れるわすれる

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

忘れ物わすれもの

lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something

忘れっぽいわすれっぽい

forgetful

忘却ぼうきゃく

lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

忘年会ぼうねんかい

year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

forgetting the hardships of the old year

勿忘草わすれなぐさ

forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)

どう忘れどうわすれ

lapse of memory

Kun Reading Examples

彼は大物政治家になるという野心を忘れたことはなかった。わすれる

He never forgot his ambition to become a great statesman.tatoeba

私は彼女に電話するつもりだったのですが忘れちゃった。わすれる

I meant to call her, but I forgot to.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は忘我の境をさまよっている。

He is wandering around in a trance.tatoeba

彼は忘れるといけないので私の電話番号を書き留めた。

He wrote down my phone number in case he should forget it.tatoeba

彼は忘れっぽくなっていて、そのことでとても悩んだ。

He was becoming forgetful, which bothered him a lot.tatoeba

彼は忘れっぽい。

He is apt to forget.tatoeba

- 家にもどり牛のことも忘れること。

Bogyuzonnin means returning home and forgetting about the cow.wiki

一旦別れたものの忘れる事が出来ない。

Cannot forget Koharu although he broke up with her.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Forget. 亡 (gone) + 心 (heart) — something gone from the heart.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 忘

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