無

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

无

🇨🇳

nothing

HSK 10 N2

Nature →Elements

wú

ム、ブ

な.い

무

Pictograph of a person dancing, with ox tails or bird feathers hanging from his arms, to pray for rain. Original form of 舞 (dance). The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

無

Regular

Modern

Chinese

无 / 無 [wú]

not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less

Japanese

無、无 (rare) む同音

noun nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero
prefix un-; non-

無、不ぶ同音

prefix

un-; non-
bad ...; poor ...

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

無から有は生じない。

Nothing comes from nothing.

Japanese Names

無のん

Non female given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

无法 [wúfǎ] #417

unable

无论 [wúlùn] #1,089

no matter what or how

无所谓 [wúsuǒwèi] #1,920

无论如何 [wúlùnrúhé] #2,126

whatever the case

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

⭐ 間違いない [まちがいない] #753

⭐ 仕方ない [しかたない] #1,361

there's no (other) way

⭐ 違いない [ちがいない] #1,519

sure

⭐ 無言 [むごん] #1,651

silence (not speaking)

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KOREAN WORDS (118)

무조건 #4,876

being unconditional

무료 #7,166

free; no charge; complimentary

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