Dong Chinese dictionary

wàng

forget

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

亡 Sound component

wáng

death

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wàng

forget; neglect; miss, omit; to forget; to overlook; to neglect

Most common words with 忘

Sources