The kanji 無: meaning, readings and stroke order
無
- Meaning
- none, without
- On reading
- ム mu、ブ bu
- Kun reading
- な(い) nai
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 火 fire
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- không có (vô)
- Japanese
- ない。なにも ない。
- Korean
- 없다 (무)
- Chinese
- 没有、无 (无)
Readings, words and example sentences
ム mu · on reading
無理
too much, pushing too hard
無理を しないで ください。
Please don't push yourself too hard.
ブ bu · on reading
無事
safe and sound
無事に 家に 着きました。
I got home safe and sound.
な(い) nai · kun reading · less common
無い
there is no, to have no
時間が 無いので 急ぎます。
There is no time, so I hurry.
Practise writing 無 in the app
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.