Kanji N3

忘: forget

忘 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning forget, written with 7 strokes. It is read ボウ (on) and わすれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 忘れる (わすれる, to forget) and 忘れ物 (わすれもの, lost article).

忘

Meanings

  • forget
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1129 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • わすれる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 忘

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 忘れるわすれる

    to forget; to leave carelessly

    JLPT N5
  • 忘れ物わすれもの

    lost article; thing left behind

    JLPT N4
  • 度忘れどわすれ

    lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind

    JLPT N1
  • 忘年会ぼうねんかい

    year-end party; "forget-the-year" party

  • 忘却ぼうきゃく

    lapse of memory; forgetting completely

  • 忘れ去るわすれさる

    to forget completely; to leave behind

  • 物忘れものわすれ

    forgetfulness

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.