| Chinese Text Project |
| 忘 U+5FD8 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 心+ 3 strokes = 6 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.426#32 Kangxi: p.376#24 GSR: 742.i Hanyu: v4,p2270#09 |
| Composition: | Top: 亡, bottom: 心. Compositionally related: 忙 . Component of: 𠨛 𡷢 𢚚 𫺴 莣 𫒥 𪬳 |
| Mandarin: | wàng wáng ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄤˊ |
| Cantonese: | mong4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *miɑng miɑ̀ng |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》忘：不識也。从心从亡，亡亦聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·漾·妄》忘：遺忘。又音亡。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·三》忘：《集韻》《韻會》武方切《正韻》無方切，𠀤音亡。《說文》不識也。《增韻》忽也。又遺也。《書·微子之命》予嘉乃德，曰篤不忘。謂不遺也。又《儀禮·士冠禮》壽考不忘。《註》長有令名，不忽然而遽盡也。又善忘，病也。《莊子·達生篇》氣下而不上，則使人善忘。又坐忘，無思慮也。《莊子·大宗師》回坐忘。又《廣韻》《正韻》巫放切《集韻》《韻會》無放切，𠀤音妄。《韻會》棄忘也。《增韻》遺忘也。《周禮·地官·司刺》三宥，一曰遺忘。又志不在也。《左傳·隱七年》鄭伯盟，歃如忘。《註》志不在于歃血也。又《韓愈·別竇司直詩》中盤進橙栗，投擲傾脯醬。歡窮悲心生，婉戀不能忘。《說文》从心从亡。會意。 |
| Fanqie: | 巫放 (《廣韻·去聲·漾·妄》) |
| Unihan definition: | forget; neglect; miss, omit |
Example usage
| 《論語·述而》: | 子曰：「女奚不曰，其為人也，發憤忘食，樂以忘憂，不知老之將至云爾。」 |
| The Master said, "Why did you not say to him, 'He is simply a man, who in his eager pursuit of knowledge forgets his food, who in the joy of its attainment forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on?'" | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「古之賢王好善而忘勢，古之賢士何獨不然？」 |
| Mencius said, 'The able and virtuous monarchs of antiquity loved virtue and forgot their power. And shall an exception be made of the able and virtuous scholars of antiquity, that they did not do the same?' | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 哀痛未盡，思慕未忘，然而服以是斷之者，豈不送死者有已，復生有節哉？ |
| The sorrow and pain were not yet ended, and the longing loving thoughts were not yet forgotten; but in the termination of the mourning dress in this way, was it not shown that there should be an end to the duties rendered to the dead, and that the time was come for the resumption of their duties to the living? | |
| 《孝經·事君》: | 《詩》云：『心乎愛矣，遐不謂矣，中心藏之，何日忘之。』 |
| It is said in the Book of Poetry: In my heart I love him, And why should I not say so? In the core of my heart I keep him, And never will forget him. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「羊質而虎皮，見草而說，見豺而戰，忘其皮之虎矣。」 |
| Yangzi said: One who has a sheep's zhi and a tiger's skin sees grass and is happy, sees a jackal and shivers. He forgets he is wearing a tiger's skin. | |
| 《墨子·親士》: | 非賢無急，非士無與慮國，緩賢忘士而能以其國存者，未曾有也。 |
| Enthusiasm is to be shown only to the virtuous, and plans for the country are only to be shared with the learned. Few are those, who, neglecting the virtuous and slighting the learned, could still maintain the existence of their countries. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 和之以天倪，因之以曼衍，所以窮年也。2忘年忘義，振於無竟，故寓諸無竟。 |
| Let us forget the conflict of opinions. Let us make our appeal to the Infinite, and take up our position there. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 君曰：「代立不忘社稷，君之道也。」 |
| The prince said: "Not to forget, at his succession, the tutelary spirits of the soil and of grain, is the way of a prince." | |
| 《公孫龍子·白馬論》: | 曰：白者不定所白，忘之而可也。 |
| White does not fix what is white, this can be put aside. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 君子隘窮而不失，勞倦而不苟，臨患難而不忘細席之言。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 故曰黃鐘微而均，鮮全而不傷，其為宮獨尊，象大聖之德，可以明至賢之功，故奉而薦之于宗廟，以歌迎功德，世世不忘。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 夫目驚而體失其容，心驚而事有所忘，人之情也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 故養身者忘家，養志者忘身，身且不愛，孰能忝之。 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 喪祭之禮廢，則臣子之恩薄，而倍死忘生之禮眾矣。 |
| 《白虎通德論·三軍》: | 所以戒非常，伐無道，尊宗廟，重社稷，安不忘危也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 故播之於天下，而不忘者，其惟道矣。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 項王有倍約之名，殺義帝之實，於人之功無所記，於人之過無所忘。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 子夏曰：「日習，則學不忘。」 |
| 《孔子家語·儒行解》: | 雖危，起居猶竟信其志，乃不忘百姓之病也。 |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 察其敗，皆由君常好其所亂，而忘其所治。 |
| 《論衡·異虛》: | 見國之利而忘君安，非子道也。 |
| 《太玄經·銳》: | 次五，銳其東，忘其西，見其背，不見其心。 |
| 《風俗通義·孝文帝》: | 如其聰明遠識，不忘數十年事，制持萬機，天資治理之材，恐文帝亦且不及孝宣皇帝。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 凡商之所受《書》於夫子者，志之於心，弗敢忘也。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 今國家忘戰日久，每寇難之作，民瘁幾盡。 |
| 《忠經·冢臣章》: | 夫忠者，豈惟奉君忘身，狥國忘家，正色直辭，臨難死節已矣。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 貴而忘賤者不久。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 故求遠者不可失於近，治影者不可忘其容，上明而下清，君聖而臣忠。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·又琴賦》: | 舞者亂節而忘形，哀人寒耳以惆悵，轅馬蹀足以哀鳴。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 善游者之散能也，忘水也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 兵者百歲不一用，然不可一日忘也，是故人道先兵。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 老子曰：聖人忘乎治人，而在乎自理。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 得之契同，實忘異名。 |
| 《列仙傳·平常生》: | 玄化忘形，貴賤奚恤。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 政曰：昔者文王問於鬻子，敢問人有大忘乎？ |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 知常容，能知道之所常行，去情忘欲，無所不包容也。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 忘主外交，以進其與，則其下所以為上者薄矣。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 匠人成棺，不憎人死，利之所在，忘其醜也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 管子曰：「狐白應陰陽之變，六月而壹見，公貴買之，代人忘其難得，喜其貴買，必相率而求之，則是齊金錢不必出，代民必去其本而居山林之中。」 |
| 《吳子·勵士》: | 有死事之家，歲被使者勞賜其父母，著不忘於心。 |
| 《六韜·文啟》: | 文王曰：「公言乃恊予懷，夙夜念之不忘，以用為常。」 |
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