Onyomi: ボウ · Kunyomi: わす.れる · Meanings: forget
Kanji for forget
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The kanji 忘 is made from two parts: 亡 (to lose) and 心 (heart). The bottom part, 心, shows the heart or feelings. The top part, 亡, shows loss or disappearance. Together, it shows the image of something leaving the heart — a thought, memory, or feeling that is gone. Over time, 忘 came to mean “to forget” or “lose memory of.”
Made from 亡(loss) and 心(heart). It shows something leaving the heart — meaning to forget or lose a memory.
This kanji says: imagine a memory slowly slipping away from your heart (心) until it’s gone (亡). 忘 means to forget — remember it by picturing a thought leaving your mind like a bird flying away.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 忘れ物 | わすれもの | lost article, thing left behind | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 忘年会 | ぼうねんかい | year-end party, "forget-the-year" party, bōnenkai | common Noun |
| 忘れる | わすれる | to forget, to leave carelessly, to be forgetful of, to forget about, to forget (an article) | common JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 忘れ去る | わすれさる | to forget completely, to leave behind | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 忘れられない | わすれられない | unforgettable, memorable, haunting, indelible | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 忘れっぽい | わすれっぽい | forgetful | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 忘恩 | ぼうおん | ingratitude, thanklessness | Noun |
| 忘れかける | わすれかける | to start forgetting | Ichidan verb |
| 忘我 | ぼうが | trance, ecstasy, enthusiasm | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 忘却 | ぼうきゃく | lapse of memory, forgetting completely, (consigning to) oblivion | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 忘れな草 | わすれなぐさ | forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides) | Noun |
| 忘れん坊 | わすれんぼう | forgetful person | Noun |
| 忘れられる | わすれられる | to slip into obscurity, to be forgotten | Ichidan verb |
| 忘れ緒 | わすれお | decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi | Noun |
| 忘れ形見 | わすれがたみ | memento (from a dead person), souvenir, keepsake | Noun |