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無

無 – nothingness, none, ain't

12 strokesTaught in grade 4#274 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 無 means nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ム、ブ (mu, bu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な.い (nai). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiムmu
On’yomiブbu
Kun’yomiな.いnai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 86). Components: ｜・ノ・一・杰・乞.

Words using 無

無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while間も無くまもなくsoon無沙汰ぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while無難ぶなんsafe (e.g. choice)無礼ぶれいrudeness無口むくちtaciturn無効むこうinvalid無言むごんsilence (not speaking)無線むせんradio (communication)無断むだんabsence of permission

Example sentences

それは無理な注文だ。
Your demands are unreasonable.
Tatoeba #204826
無から有は生じない。
Nothing comes from nothing.
Tatoeba #80947
排卵の有無を調べる方法はありますか？
Is there some way to check for ovulation?
Tatoeba #74335

Kanji with the same radical

点然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈熟

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.