Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Kun:
な.い
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 無 【ム】 nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero, un-, non-
  • 無意識 【ムイシキ】 unconsciousness, unconscious, involuntary, automatic, mechanical, unintentional, spontaneous, the unconscious
  • 皆無 【カイム】 nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all
  • 虚無 【キョム】 nihility, nothingness
  • 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
  • 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly

Kun reading compounds

  • 無い 【ない】 nonexistent, not being (there), unowned, not had, unpossessed, unique, not, impossible, won't happen, not, to not be, to have not
  • 【ないといけない】 have to (verb), must (verb), is indispensable, absolutely necessary
  • 苦無 【くない】 ninja throwing knives, mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu2, mo2
Korean:
mu

Spanish

  • nada
  • inexistente
  • prefijo negativo
  • no hay

Portuguese

  • Sem valor
  • nada
  • não sou/ estou
  • nihil
  • não

French

  • néant
  • rien
  • ne pas
  • non
  • in-
  • négatif
723 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
620 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
796 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
227 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2773 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
386 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
715 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1789 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
93 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
93 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
400 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1280 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2648 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1832 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1791 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19113 Morohashi
2135 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3439 New Nelson (John Haig)
1775 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1913 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
179 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
600 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2340 2001 Kanji
4d8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
2-8-4 SKIP code
8033.1 Four corner code
1-44-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7121 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
failure, defeat, reversal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 敗 【ハイ】 loss, defeat, counter for losses
  • 敗因 【ハイイン】 cause of defeat
  • 惜敗 【セキハイ】 regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
  • 零敗 【レイハイ】 losing without scoring, shutout, whitewash, having no losses, being undefeated

Kun reading compounds

  • 敗れる 【やぶれる】 to be defeated, to be beaten, to be unsuccessful, to lose

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai4
Korean:
pae

Spanish

  • fallo
  • derrota
  • fracaso
  • ser derrotado
  • ser vencido
  • fracasar

Portuguese

  • falha
  • derrota
  • mudança na sorte

French

  • défaut
  • défaite
  • revers
693 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
591 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
562 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
562 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4494 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
670 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
589 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
511 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
520 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
718 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
941 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1868 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
337 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13227 Morohashi
1476 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2343 New Nelson (John Haig)
331 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
353 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
420 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
575 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3966 2001 Kanji
7b4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
6884.0 Four corner code
1-39-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6557 Unicode hex code