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音読おんよみ: ム・ブ

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: れっか(灬)

Meaning

Nothing / None / Without / Not

  • 無理むり — unreasonable; impossible
  • 無事ぶじ — safe; without incident
  • 無料むりょう — free of charge
  • 無口むくち — reticent; quiet
  • 無視むし — to ignore
  • 有無うむ — existence or non-existence; yes or no
  • 皆無かいむ — nonexistent; absolutely none

expresses negation or absence. The lower dots are the fire component (れっか). Historically the form shifted and came to represent the abstract idea of “not / none.”

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