勿

Translingual

Han character

勿 (radical 20 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心竹竹 (PHH), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿹勹⿰丿丿)

1. must not, do not
2. without, never
3. no

Derived characters

• 物 易 昜

See also

• 匆 匁

References

• KangXi: page 150, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2501
• Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 255, character 2
• Unihan data for U+52FF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

勿 (jyutping mat6, Yale mat6)

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Japanese

Noun

勿 (hiragana ぶつ, romaji butsu)

勿 (hiragana もち, romaji mochi)

1. must not, do not, be not

Kanji

勿

Readings

• On: もち (mochi), ぶつ (butsu), ぼつ (botsu)
• Kun: なかれ (勿れ, nakare), なし (nashi)

Compounds

• 勿体無い (mottainai): too good, wasteful
• 勿論 (mochiron): of course, certainly
• 勿怪の幸い (mokke-no-saiwai): unexpected gain, bonanza, windfall

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Korean

Hanja

勿 (hangeul 물, 몰, revised mul, mol, McCune-Reischauer mul, mol)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

勿 (pinyin qióng (qiong2), wù (wu4), Wade-Giles ch'iung², wu⁴)

Usage notes

The meaning of 'no' in this character only means no in Shanghainese.

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mai˨˩]

Verb

勿 (traditional and simplified, POJ mài)

1. (imperative) do not; don't

Alternative forms

• 莫
• 嘜 (non-standard variant seen in Taiwanese media like song lyrics)

See also

• (Mandarin) 不要 (bùyào), trad. 別, simpl. 别 (bié)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勿 (vật, vặt, vất)