忘
wàng · HSK 1
forget
💭 忘 = 亡 (lost) on top + 心 (heart) below — lost from the heart
The top component 亡 means lost or perished; the bottom 心 means heart or mind. Together: something has gone missing from the heart-mind, i.e. forgotten. The 亡 also hints at the sound wáng → wàng.
忘 — 亡 (lose/perish) on top + 心 (heart) on bottom
忘 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The bottom 心 (heart/mind) gives the meaning, since forgetting happens in the mind, while the top 亡 (to lose, perish) supplies both the sound and the sense of something gone. Together they depict a thought lost from the heart — to forget.