無

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simplified	无
traditional	無

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Min Nan 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Adverb 6.3 Verb 6.4 See also 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

無 (radical 86 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人廿火 (OTF), four-corner 8033₁)

1. negative, no, not
2. lack, have no

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 673, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19113
• Dae Jaweon: page 1081, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2211, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7121

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

無 (simplified 无, Yale mo4)

(simplified 无, mo4, mou)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

無 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Noun

無 (hiragana む, romaji mu)

1. nothing
2. (Buddhism) neither yes nor no (in response to a koan or a question that mistakenly assumes an affirmative or negative answer)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

1. 무 (mu, “nothing”)
2. 무 (mu, “no”)
3. (Buddhism) 무 (mu, “neither yes nor no”) (in response to a koan or a question that mistakenly assumes an affirmative or negative answer)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

無 (simplified 无, Wade-Giles wu²)

[edit] Compounds

• 無家可歸
• 無神論
• 無題
• 無所謂

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Quanzhou) IPA: [ bo˧˥ ]
• (Zhangzhou) IPA: [ bə˧˥ ]

[edit] Adverb

無 (traditional, POJ bô, simplified 无)

1. have not

   我無共伊講

   goá bô kā i kóng

   I didn't tell him

[edit] Verb

無 (traditional, POJ bô, simplified 无)

1. do not have

   我無零星錢

   goá bô lân-san-chîⁿ

   I don't have any change

[edit] See also

• (Mandarin) 沒有 (méiyǒu)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

無 (vô, mô)