The kanji 忘: meaning, readings and stroke order

忘

Meaning: forget
On reading: ボウ bou
Kun reading: わす（れる） wasureru
Strokes: 7
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quên (vong)
Japanese: わすれる。
Korean: 잊다 (망)
Chinese: 忘记

Readings, words and example sentences

ボウ bou · on reading · less common

忘ぼう年ねん会かい
year-end party
十二月に 忘ぼう年ねん会かいをします。
We have a year-end party in December.

わす（れる） wasureru · kun reading

忘わすれる
to forget, to leave behind
家にかさを 忘わすれました。
I left my umbrella at home.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.