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无 U+65E0, 无 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E0 ← 旟 [U+65DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 旡 → [U+65E1]

See also: 無

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TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 无
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

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

The origin of this character is unknown. Probably an acient variant form of either 元, 天 or 尧.

Han characterEdit

无 (radical 71 无+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一大山 (MKU))

1. Kangxi radical #71, ⽆ (“not”).

DescendantsEdit

• ん

Usage notesEdit

• None of the characters found under this radical are actually derived from 无, as 无 is simplified Chinese for 無. All characters sorted under this radical are actually derived from 旡.

ReferencesEdit

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

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ChineseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 无 – see 無. (This character, 无, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 無.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

无

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 無

ReadingsEdit

• On: ぶ (bu), む (mu)
• Kun: ない (nai)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

无 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu, Yale mu)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

无 (vô)

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