Learning Chinese :)

[ongaku_oniko]

I had started to learn Chinese, just some very basic things. I was in particular interested in studying Chinese characters, their connections etc. I still remember that forget for example is a combination of die and heart. This was when I had just started the piano a few years ago, and I sort of neglected Chinese... 
I would really like to start again though, I find it so fascinating!!

I have never heard of this... die and heart??? I think you've been mislead.

"forget" is 忘, just a single word.
die (死) and heart (心) put together 死心 means to... give up sort of. It's not the same as give up though. More like stop trying.

On second thought, are you talking about the character for forget being composedof the word xin and wang?

[amie_de_chopin]

I have never heard of this... die and heart??? I think you've been mislead.

"forget" is 忘, just a single word.
die (死) and heart (心) put together 死心 means to... give up sort of. It's not the same as give up though. More like stop trying.

On second thought, are you talking about the character for forget being composedof the word xin and wang?

It was a few years ago (I have forgotten almost everything!  ), but I remember the book said that the character for "forget" means "die in the heart"?
I have just tried to find something on the net, and I found this:
https://mr-verb.blogspot.com/2009/01/unsettling-interpretation-of-chinese.html
There is some reference further down (what Ollock said), but I will try to find where I found my original information tomorrow or so.

[ongaku_oniko]

it's more likely that the "death" component was intended as a phonetic guide.

^this, I think is the key. It's exactly what I was thinking prior to opening your link.