# 忘 — Forget

Frequency rank 808 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 弟 (Younger Brother), less common than 星 (Star).

- On’yomi: ぼう
- Kun’yomi: わす
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

Death sits on top of a heart — when death touches your heart, you forget everything.

In words:

- 忘れる わすれる — to forget
- 忘れ物 わすれもの — lost article
- 度忘れ どわすれ — lapse of memory;forget for a moment

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