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忘 = 心 + 亡

忘 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “forget”. It is built from 心 (heart) and 亡 (deceased). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 640.

Keyword
forget
RTK frame
640
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わす.れる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
забыть
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
忘 forget

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 心 heart
  2. 亡 deceased

How to find 忘 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “deceased”. 忘 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 忘 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.