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Kanji Detail for 無 - "nothing, none, without"

無

  • Meaning

    無 means "nothing, none, without."

    1. Nothing - Not anything; absence.

    2. Without - Lacking; devoid of.

    3. None - Not any; zero.

  • Words using 無

    • 無料 むりょう Listen free (of charge); gratuitous
    • 無職 むしょく Listen without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
    • 無所属 むしょぞく Listen independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
    • 無理 むり Listen unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
    • 無罪 むざい Listen innocence; being not guilty
    • 無線 むせん Listen radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
    • 有無 うむ Listen existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal
    • 無償 むしょう Listen without compensation; without reward; without pay

  • Four-character idioms with 無

    • 事実無根 じじつむこん Listen groundless; entirely contrary to fact
    • 傍若無人 ぼうじゃくぶじん Listen behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance
    • 感慨無量 かんがいむりょう Listen deep emotion; being filled with emotion
    • 有名無実 ゆうめいむじつ Listen in name but not in reality
    • 有耶無耶 うやむや Listen indefinite; hazy; vague
    • 無我夢中 むがむちゅう Listen losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

  • Tattoo check: 無

    • Verified meaning: nothing, none, without
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read のん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 無

    Given names 無(のん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nothingness; none; ain't; nothing; nil; not

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    negative, no, not; lack, have no

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    no, not; lacking, -less

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not having. Non-existence. | Sanskrit 南無. Means "to take refuge in." Pronounced like "namo."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bu(ブ) ブ

    mu(ム) ム

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nai(な-い) な-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    nothing without none disrespect disdain zero absence barren blank devoid empty hollow nada naught non-existent null void wanting

Sentences including 無

  • It is no use trying to escape.

  • He is sincere about what he says.

  • It's no use arguing with him.

  • It is no use trying again.

  • To live without air is impossible.

  • I look on watching tv as a waste of time.

  • I thought that he was innocent.

  • He forced her to sit down.

  • His name is mud.

  • That's quite meaningless.

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