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

Stroke order

Han character

无 (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

• 呒, 𪢸, 妩, 𭘓, 怃, 抚, 𣲘, 𬂠, 𭴊, 䥻, 庑, 芜 (Contains simplified component of 無)
• 𩇳, 𡯊, 𮬫, 𡆶

Related characters

• 無 (Orthodox traditional form of 无)

Descendants

• ん (Hiragana character derived from man'yōgana)

References

• KangXi: 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

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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, 亡) that have historically been used to represent the word "no, not any". First attested in the Warring States period; used interchangeably with 無 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, 天 or 堯. 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, 无, is the simplified and variant form of 無.)

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

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

无 (eum 무 (mu))

1. Alternative form of 無

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo). [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

无: Hán Việt readings: vô
无: Nôm readings: vô

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