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勿
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not

HSK 7
Communication →Language
wù
モチ、ブツ、ボツ
なか.れ、なし
물
Depicts a knife (刀) cutting with drops of blood coming out, based on the original meaning "cut throat", now written as 刎. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
刀 sword+ ◎ characterless component =
勿 not
刀 Iconic component
dāo sword
knife
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts drops of blood.
Notes
Similar Characters
亡 deceased刃 blade刅 to create切 cut券 voucher剪 shears劈 split契 contract分 divide/minute初 elementary叚 fake方 direction絕 discontinue (trad)绝 sever (simp)解 untie叨 talkative召 summon忉 distressed丟 mislay (trad)丢 discard (simp)
Historical Evolution
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
勿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
勿 [wù]
do not
Japanese
勿 、 莫 まな 同音
adverb archaic must not; may not (usu. as …することまな)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
宁缺勿滥 [nìng​quē​wù​làn] #37,224
same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[nìng​quē​wú​làn]
宁缺勿滥 [nìng​quē​wù​làn] #37,224
same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[nìng​quē​wú​làn]
姑置勿论 [gū​zhì​wù​lùn] #74,712
to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
姑置勿论 [gū​zhì​wù​lùn] #74,712
to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
切勿 [qiè​wù]
by no means
勿忘国耻 [wù​wàng​guó​chǐ]
Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
勿忘国耻 [wù​wàng​guó​chǐ]
Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
勿忘我 [wù​wàng​wǒ]
forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany)
勿求人 [wù​qiú​rén]
see 不求人[bù​qiú​rén]
勿谓言之不预 [wù​wèi​yán​zhī​bù​yù]
(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
⭐ 勿論 [もちろん] #8,158
of course
⭐ 勿体ない [もったいない] #10,187
wasteful
勿体 [もったい] #25,150
superior airs
勿体ぶる [もったいぶる] #32,910
to put on airs
事なかれ主義 [ことなかれしゅぎ] #49,864
(philosophy of) not rocking the boat
勿 [まな] #62,574
must not
もっけの幸い [もっけのさいわい] #81,919
windfall
勿体をつける [もったいをつける] #82,281
to put on airs
勿れ [なかれ] #95,330
must not
物怪 [もっけ] #103,777
unexpected
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
물론 #294
of course