Hanja Analyzer
無

無 — mu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
없을 무
Romanization
mu
English
negative, no, not; lack, have no
Mandarin
wú
Japanese on'yomi
ム, ブ
Japanese kun'yomi
な.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#274 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
火 (86, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+7121

Korean example words with 無

  • 무가無價 Korean gloss: 값이 없음
  • 무균無菌 Korean gloss: 균이 없음
  • 무력無力 Korean gloss: 힘이 없음
  • 무전無錢 Korean gloss: 돈이 없음
  • 무종無終 Korean gloss: 끝이 없음
  • 만무萬無 Korean gloss: 절대로 없음
  • 무관無官 Korean gloss: 벼슬이 없음
  • 무근無根 Korean gloss: 근거가 없음
  • 무급無給 Korean gloss: 급료가 없음
  • 무료無料 Korean gloss: 급료가 없음
  • 무류無謬 Korean gloss: 잘못이 없음
  • 무문無紋 Korean gloss: 무늬가 없음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 無

  • 無料むりょう free (of charge); gratuitous
  • 無職むしょく without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
  • 無所属むしょぞく independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
  • 無罪むざい innocence; being not guilty
  • 無理むり unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
  • 無線むせん radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
  • 無効むこう invalid; void; ineffective
  • 有無うむ existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal
  • 無償むしょう without compensation; without reward; without pay
  • 無死むし no outs
  • 無縁むえん unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant
  • 無事ぶじ safety; security; peace

Characters sharing the phonetic 無

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “무” in Korean.

Other hanja read “무”

Other hanja with radical 火

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