忙 busy

(leftheart) + 亡 (dying) Same-ON

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.