忽略

hūluè · HSK 6

to neglect; to overlook; to ignore

🙈 HOO-LOO-eh — you hoo at someone and look away, overlooking them

忽 (hū) means sudden or neglect, 略 (luè) means omit or brief. Together they mean to neglect or overlook — to skip right past something without giving it attention.

略 — field 田 + each 各 (phonetic)
略 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 田 'field' gives the meaning and 各 supplies the sound. It originally referred to surveying or marking out fields and territory, then extended to 'plan, strategy' and 'seize/conquer.' From there it broadened to the modern senses 'outline, brief, omit, slightly.'

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