勿

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Usage notes 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Verb 6.2.1 Alternative forms 6.3 See also 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

勿 (Yale mat6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

勿 (hiragana ぶつ, romaji butsu)

勿 (hiragana もち, romaji mochi)

1. must not, do not, be not

[edit] Kanji

勿

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

• 勿体ない (mottainai): too good, wasteful
• 勿論 (mochiron): of course, certainly

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [mai˨˩]

[edit] Verb

勿 (traditional and simplified, POJ mài)

1. (imperative) do not; don't

[edit] Alternative forms

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

[edit] See also

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

勿 (vật, vặt, vất)