忘 – forget

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#1129 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 忘 means forget. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わす.れる (wasureru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	わす.れる	wasureru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・亡・亠.

Words using 忘

忘れるわすれるto forget忘れ物わすれものlost article度忘れどわすれlapse of memory

Example sentences

今日忘れ物をした。

I left behind something today.

Tatoeba #171417

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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