A kanji
無
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
- 12 strokes
- Taught in grade 4 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 274 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ム、ブ
Kun'yomi
な.い
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 無 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 無 38 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 1 word
JLPT N4 · 2 words
JLPT N3 · 7 words
JLPT N2 · 6 words
JLPT N1 · 22 words
- 無意味むいみnonsense, no meaning
- 無知むちignorance
- 無論むろんof course, naturally
- 無駄遣いむだづかいwaste money on, squander money on
- 素っ気無いそっけないcold, short, curt, blunt
- 無茶むちゃabsurd, unreasonable
- 無邪気むじゃきinnocence, simple-mindedness
- 無用むようuseless, needlessness, unnecessariness
- 感無量かんむりょうdeep feeling, filled with emotion
- 無口むくちreticence
- 情無いなさけないmiserable, pitiable, shameful
- 台無しだいなしmess, spoiled, (come to) nothing
- 無難ぶなんsafety, security
- 無礼ぶれいimpolite, rude
- 無効むこうinvalid, no effect, unavailable
- 無言むごんsilence
- 無線むせんwireless, radio
- 無断むだんwithout permission, without notice
- 無茶苦茶むちゃくちゃconfused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable
- 無念むねんchagrin, regret
- 無能むのうinefficiency, incompetence
- 無闇にむやみにunreasonably, absurdly, at random
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 無.
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