無
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Etymology
Simplified from 舞 (舛 → [[ ]]) – removal of 舛 (character used for sound). (Compare 可 from 奇.)
Source character meaning “dance”, top component graphically originally a figure with outstretched arms holding two animal hides: 革 + 大 + 革.
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
[edit] Han character
無 (radical 86 火+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人廿火 (OTF), four-corner 80331)
[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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
無 (simplified 无, Yale mou4)
(simplified 无, mou4, mou)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
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[edit] Noun
- Nothing(ness).
- (Buddhism): The null set: neither yes nor no (in response to a koan or other question that mistakenly assumes an affirmative or negative answer).
[edit] Prefix
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
無 (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu, Yale mu)
- 무 (mu, “nothing”)
- 무 (mu, “no”)
- (Buddhism) 무 (mu, “neither yes nor no”) (in response to a koan or a question that mistakenly assumes an affirmative or negative answer)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
無 (simplified 无, Wade-Giles wu2)
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[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adverb
無 (traditional, POJ bô, simplified 无)
[edit] Verb
無 (traditional, POJ bô, simplified 无)
