无

See also: 無 and 天
无 U+65E0, 无
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E0
← 旟
[U+65DF]
CJK Unified Ideographs 旡 →
[U+65E1]
⽆ U+2F46, ⽆
KANGXI RADICAL NOT
← ⽅
[U+2F45]
Kangxi Radicals ⽇ →
[U+2F47]

Translingual

Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

无 (Kangxi radical 71, 无+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一大山 (MKU), four-corner 10412, composition ⿱一尢)

  1. Kangxi radical #71, ⽆.

Usage notes

  • All characters sorted under this radical are actually derived from 旡.

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 485, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13716
  • Dae Jaweon: page 847, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1147, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+65E0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 无
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

One of the three characters (無/无, 无, 亡) that have historically been used to represent the word "no, not any". First attested in the Warring States period; used interchangeably with 無/无 until the Tang dynasty. Readopted by the PRC in 1956.

The origin of this character is unknown. Probably an ancient variant form of either 元 (yuán), 天 (tiān) or 堯/尧 (yáo). This character must not be confused with 旡.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 无 – see 無 (“to not have something; there is not ...; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 無).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

无

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 無 (“nothing; nothingness”)

Readings

  • Go-on: む (mu)
  • Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
  • Kun: ない (nai, 无い)

Korean

Hanja

无 (eum 무 (mu))

  1. Alternative form of 無

References

Vietnamese

Han character

无: Hán Việt readings: vô[1][2]
无: Nôm readings: vô[1]

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References

  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. Trần (2004).
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