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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