無 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「灬」
道- On
- ム・ブむ・ぶ · mu · bu
- Kun
- な(い)na(i)
- Meaning
- nothing, none, without, un-
Stroke order
Origin
Originally a pictograph of a person dancing while holding ornaments (the origin of 舞 'dance'); later borrowed to mean 'nothing' or 'without'.
Readings and examples
| Onムむmu | 無名むめい無理むり皆無かいむ |
|---|---|
| Onブぶbu | 無事ぶじ無礼ぶれい無愛想むあいそ |
| Kunないnai | 無いない無くすなくす無くなるなくなる Compare: 亡い |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 無理むり
impossible, unreasonable, overdoing it
- 無事ぶじ
safe, without incident
- 無罪むざい
- 無責任むせきにん
- 無敵むてき
- 無尽蔵むじんぞう
- 皆無かいむ
- 無恥むち
Example
無理をしないで、ゆっくり休んでね。
Don't overdo it; rest well, okay?
Idioms with this kanji
完全無欠
かんぜんむけつ
kanzenmuketsu
Perfect and flawless.
縦横無尽
じゅうおうむじん
jūōmujin
Freely in every direction.
傍若無人
ぼうじゃくぶじん
bōjakubujin
Behaving as if no one else were there.
有名無実
ゆうめいむじつ
yūmeimujitsu
Famous in name only.
孤立無援
こりつむえん
koritsumuen
Isolated and without support.
天衣無縫
てんいむほう
ten'imuhō
Flawless and artless.
有象無象
うぞうむぞう
uzōmuzō
A rabble; all and sundry.
荒唐無稽
こうとうむけい
kōtōmukei
Absurd and groundless.
遮二無二
しゃにむに
shanimuni
Recklessly, come what may.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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