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勿 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「勹」

道
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On
モチ・ブツ・ボツもち・ぶつ・ぼつ · mochi · butsu · botsu
Kun
なか.れ・なしnaka.re · nashi
Meaning
do not; must not

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a flag waved to hold people back: used for prohibition — “do not”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 勿論もちろん

    of course

  • 勿体無いもったいない

    wasteful; too good to waste

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

食(た)べ物(もの)を捨(す)てるのは勿体(もったい)無(な)い。

It is wasteful to throw food away.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

勿体無い勿体無い勿論勿体body無nothin…論argume…勺ladle匁monme匂scent勾bend包to wra…仏Buddha没sink孛comet物thing歿to die
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 勹Map of reading モチAll maps

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