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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- wang4
- English meanings
- forget, overlook, neglect
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 亡; bottom 心.
Meaning & sound clues
心 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “heart”.
亡 is identified as the sound component (wáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 忘.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
die; perish; lose
absurd; rash
go toward
prosperous
observe
wrong; in vain
vast; bark
Rex
net
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 废寝忘食
- 忘不了
- 忘掉
- 忘记
- 念念不忘
- 遗忘
- 难忘