忘 — to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- Pinyin
- wàng
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 忘: 7 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 忘 in the HSK syllabus: 8
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglectHSK 2
- 忘记wàngjìto forgetHSK 3
- 难忘nánwàngunforgettableHSK 4
- 备忘录bèiwànglùmemorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum bookHSK 7–9
- 废寝忘食fèiqǐn-wàngshíto skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's workHSK 7–9
- 见利忘义jiànlì-wàngyìto abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profitHSK 7–9
- 念念不忘niànniàn-búwàngto keep in mind constantlyHSK 7–9
- 遗忘yíwàngto forget; to cease to think about anymoreHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.