忘

See also: 忙

Translingual

Han character

忘 (radical 61 心+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女心 (YVP), four-corner 0033₁, composition ⿱亡心)

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		忘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàng (wang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mong
• Min Nan (POJ): bōng / bông
• Wu (WT Romanisation): maan (T3); vaan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanq
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴
    • Yale: mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mong
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /moŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng / bông
    • Tâi-lô: bōng / bông
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³/, /bɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ²²/, /bɔŋ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: maan (T3); vaan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑ̃²³/, /v̻ɑ̃²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (忘, reconstructed)
Character (忘), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 巫放切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mʉɐŋH/	/miwaŋH/	/miuaŋH/	/mʷiɐŋH/	/muaŋH/	/mĭwaŋH/	/miuɑŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (忘, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
忘								wáng								‹ mjang ›								/*maŋ/								forget
忘								wàng								‹ mjangH ›								/*maŋ-s/								forget
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
忘					12672					亡					陽					0					亡					/*maŋ/
忘					12683					亡					陽					0					妄					/*maŋs/

Verb

忘

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

Synonyms

• 忘記／忘记

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

忘

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. forget

Readings

• Goon: もう (mō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: わすれる (wasureru)

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Korean

Hanja

忘 (mang) (hangeul 망, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

忘 (vong)

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