毋

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 母, replacing the two dots with one stroke.

Compare 黒 (from 黑).

Han character

毋 (radical 80 毋+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 田十 (WJ), four-corner 7750₀)

1. do not
2. not
3. used as a surname
4. rad. 80

References

• KangXi: page 588, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16721
• Dae Jaweon: page 980, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2380, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6BCB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

毋 (Yale mou4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

毋 (POJ vu, Guangdong vu¹ [Meixian, Kwangtung], wu¹, mu¹, m² [Hailu, Siyan], Hagfa Pinyim vu1, m1, m2)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

毋

Readings

• On: ぶ (bu), む (mu)
• Kun: ない (nai), なかれ (nakare)

Usage notes

Not used in Japanese shinjitai in isolation – instead the unsimplified 母 is used – but simplified form is used universally in compound jōyō characters, such as 毎, 海.

However, not used in hyōgaiji, which are written in kyūjitai, such as 姆.

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Korean

Hanja

毋 (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu, Yale mu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

毋 (pinyin wú (wu2), Wade-Giles wu²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

毋 (vô)