無 — nothingness, none, ain't

む無 nothingness

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes abstract

U+7121 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #274 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1913 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

nothingness
none
ain't
nothing
nil
not

word

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

無(む) mu nothing 無(む) 料(りょう) muryou free of charge 無(む) 理(り) muri impossible 無(む) 線(せん) musen wireless 有(う) 無(む) umu existence 無(む) 名(めい) mumei unknown 無(む) 関(かん) 係(けい) mukankei unrelated 無(む) 意(い) 味(み) muimi meaningless

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

無(ぶ) 事(じ) buji safe 無(ぶ) 難(なん) bunan safe ご無(ぶ) 沙(さ) 汰(た) gobusata not having been in touch

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

無(な) い nai nonexistent 名(な) 無(な) し nanashi anonymous 無(な) くなる nakunaru to disappear 無(な) し nashi without 無(な) くす nakusu to lose 台(だい) 無(な) し dainashi ruined

Appears in idioms

諸行無常四字熟語

various, go, nothingness, usual

問答無用四字熟語

question, answer, nothingness, use

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Components

Composed of

丿 slash

いち一 one #1

灬 fire dots

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無 — nothingness, none, ain't

Meanings

word

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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無 — nothingness, none, ain't

Meanings

word

む mu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふ ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ふ・ぶ fu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).