# 忙 busy

(leftheart) + 亡 (dying) Same-ON
★★★★☆
6 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

BOU |

## Mnemonic

| I'm too busy to go BOWLing with my compadres, so my heart is dying inside.

## Kunyomi

いそが*しい | busy 1/2 KANA ★★★★☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
忙 | busy | NO TIME LEFT |
忘 | forget | BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART |

Both kanji are"heart + dying," but, in busy (忙). . .the heart is on the LEFT, because you're so busy you have no time LEFT.

With forget(忘), the heart is on the bottom, because you are apologizing to your boss FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR heart for forgetting to bring the report to the big meeting.