忘

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See also: 忙
忘 U+5FD8, 忘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FD8
← 志
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 忙 →

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

忘 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜女心 (YVP), four-corner 00331, composition ⿱亡心)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10333
  • Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2270, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5FD8

Chinese

trad. 忘
simp. # 忘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 忘
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
忙 *maːŋ
芒 *maːŋ, *maŋ
茫 *maːŋ
恾 *maːŋ
吂 *maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒 *maːŋ, *maŋs
朚 *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙 *maːŋ, *maŋ
杗 *maːŋ, *maŋ
荒 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓 *hmaːŋ
衁 *hmaːŋ
巟 *hmaːŋ
詤 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊 *hmaːŋʔ
喪 *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡 *maŋ
望 *maŋ, *maŋs
莣 *maŋ
朢 *maŋ, *maŋs
鋩 *maŋ
硭 *maŋ
忘 *maŋ, *maŋs
网 *mlaŋʔ
罔 *mlaŋʔ
蛧 *maŋʔ
網 *mlaŋʔ
輞 *maŋʔ
棢 *maŋʔ
惘 *maŋʔ
菵 *maŋʔ
誷 *maŋʔ
魍 *maŋʔ
妄 *maŋs
盲 *mraːŋ
蝱 *mraːŋ
虻 *mraːŋ
氓 *mraːŋ
甿 *mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maŋ, *maŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ, “to lose, disappear, flee”) + semantic 心 (“heart”)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“not”). Originally the same word as 亡 (OC *maŋ, “to lose, disappear, flee”) as suggested by Shijing rimes, but it was later suffixed with a perfective suffix *-s (or *-h), literally "it has disappeared (from mind)" (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • mong4, mong5 - vernacular;
  • uong4, uong5 - literary.
Note:
  • 6maon - vernacular;
  • 6vaon, 6waon - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 忘
Mandarin Beijing /uɑŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /uaŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /vɑŋ⁵³/
Jinan /vaŋ²¹/
Qingdao /vaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /uaŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /uaŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /uɔ̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /vɑŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /vɑ̃¹³/
Ürümqi /vɑŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /uaŋ²¹³/
/uaŋ³⁵/
Chengdu /uaŋ¹³/
Guiyang /uaŋ²¹³/
Kunming /uã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /uaŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /uɑ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /vɒ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /uɑŋ³⁵/
/uə³⁵/ ～下了
Hohhot /vɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /mɑ̃²³/
/huɑ̃²³/
Suzhou /mɑ̃³¹/
Hangzhou /mɑŋ¹³/
/vɑŋ¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦuɔ³¹/
/muɔ³¹/
/maŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /o²²/
/mɔ²²/
Tunxi /mau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /uan¹³/
Xiangtan /uɔn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /mɔŋ²¹/ ～記
/uɔŋ²¹/ ～性大
Hakka Meixian /moŋ¹¹/
Taoyuan /moŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /mɔŋ²¹/
Nanning /mɔŋ²¹/
/mɔŋ²²/
Hong Kong /mɔŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /bɔŋ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uɔŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /uaŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /buaŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /vaŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 忘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巫放切
Baxter mjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/miuaŋH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/miwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mong6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 忘 忘
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wáng wàng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjang › ‹ mjangH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*maŋ/ /*maŋ-s/
English forget forget

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 忘 忘
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12672 12683
Phonetic
component 		亡 亡
Rime
group 		陽 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		亡 妄
Old
Chinese 		/*maŋ/ /*maŋs/

Definitions

忘

  1. to forget
  2. to neglect
  3. to miss; to omit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 忘記 (“to forget”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 忘, 忽忘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 忘, 忘記, 忘掉, 忘卻, 忘懷, 遺忘
Mandarin Beijing 忘
Taiwan 忘
Harbin 忘
Shenyang 忘
Yantai (Muping) 忘
Jinan 忘
Luoyang 忘
Wanrong 忘
Xi'an 忘
Yinchuan 忘, 忘記
Lanzhou 忘掉
Xining 忘掉, 忘下
Ürümqi 忘掉
Wuhan 忘記
Chengdu 忘, 忘記, 記不倒
Guiyang 忘, 忘記
Kunming 忘記
Guilin 忘記
Liuzhou 忘記, 打忘記
Xuzhou 忘, 忘記
Yangzhou 忘記, 記不得
Nanjing 記不得, 忘記, 忘得
Hefei 忘記, 忘失
Singapore 忘記
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔記得, 忘記
Hong Kong 唔記得
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 唔記得
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 唔記得
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 忘記
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 忘記
Macau 落記, 唔記得
Guangzhou (Panyu) 唔記得
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 唔記得
Guangzhou (Conghua) 唔記得
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 唔記得
Foshan 唔記得
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 唔記得
Foshan (Shunde) 落記
Foshan (Sanshui) 唔記得
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 唔記得
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 落記
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 唔記得
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 唔記得
Zhuhai (Doumen) 唔記得
Jiangmen (Baisha) 唔記得
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 唔記得
Taishan 唔記得
Kaiping (Chikan) 唔記得
Enping (Niujiang) 唔記緊
Heshan (Yayao) 唔記得
Dongguan 唔記得
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 唔記得
Shaoguan 唔記得
Yunfu 唔記得
Yangjiang 無記得
Xinyi 冇記得
Lianjiang 冇記得
Nanning 忘記, 打忘記
Wuzhou 打忘記, 唔記得
Yulin 忘記
Hepu (Lianzhou) 忘記, 冇記倒
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 唔記得
Singapore (Guangfu) 唔記得, 忘記
Gan Nanchang 忘記, 不記得
Hakka Meixian 添忘, 添放, 唔記得
Xingning 添忘
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 忘記
Huidong (Daling) 添忘
Dongguan (Qingxi) 添放, 唔記得
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 添放, 唔記得
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 唔記得
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 忘記
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 忘記
Conghua (Lütian) 忘記
Changting 添放, 添忘
Wuping 添放
Wuping (Pingyu) 添放
Liancheng 添放
Ninghua 拿撇掉
Yudu 記忘
Ruijin 唔記得, 來記掉
Shicheng 來記
Shangyou (Shexi) 來忘
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唔記得, 添放
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 唔記得, 添放
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 唔記得
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 唔記得
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 唔記得
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 唔記得, 添放
Hong Kong 添忘
Luchuan (Daqiao) 忘記
Sabah (Longchuan) 忘記, 唔記得
Senai (Huiyang) 忘記
Singkawang 唔記得
Huizhou Jixi 忘記
Jin Taiyuan 忘, 忘記
Xinzhou 忘記
Northern Min Jian'ou 撈暴, 𣍐記得
Eastern Min Fuzhou 𣍐記
Fuqing 𣍐記
Gutian 𣍐記
Fu'an 𣍐記
Ningde 𣍐記
Shouning 𣍐記
Zhouning 𣍐記
Fuding 𣍐記
Matsu 𣍐記
Southern Min Xiamen 𣍐記得, 𣍐記
Quanzhou 𣍐記得, 𣍐記
Anxi 𣍐記
Zhangzhou 𣍐記
Pinghe 𣍐記
Zhao'an 𣍐記得
Taipei 𣍐記得 GT, 𣍐記 GT
Tainan 𣍐記得
Penang (Hokkien) 𣍐記
Singapore (Hokkien) 𣍐記
Manila (Hokkien) 𣍐記得
Chaozhou 唔記得, 忘記
Shantou (Chaoyang) 唔記得
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 唔記得
Singapore (Teochew) 𣍐記
Leizhou 無記著
Haikou 無記著, 無憶著
Puxian Min Putian 𣍐記
Xianyou 𣍐記
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 唔記得
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 打忘記
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 忘記
Wu Shanghai 忘記
Shanghai (Chongming) 忘記
Suzhou 忘記
Danyang 忘記, 忘煞
Hangzhou 忘記
Wenzhou 慲記
Jinhua 忘記
Xiang Changsha 不記得, 忘記
Shuangfeng 不記得, 忘記
Quanzhou 忘記
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

忘

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. forget

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

忘 (eumhun 잊을 망 (ijeul mang))

  1. Hanja form? of 망 (“forget”).
  2. Hanja form? of 망 (“neglect”).
  3. Hanja form? of 망 (“miss, omit”).

Vietnamese

Han character

忘: Hán Nôm readings: vong

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