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

9 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
fear, majestic, graciously, be apprehensive
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 畏怖 【イフ】 awe, fear, dread, fright
  • 畏敬 【イケイ】 reverence, awe, respect
  • 敬畏 【ケイイ】 awe, reverence, fear (e.g. of authority)
  • 後生可畏 【コウセイカイ】 the young should be regarded with respect

Kun reading compounds

  • 恐れる 【おそれる】 to fear, to be afraid of
  • 畏まる 【かしこまる】 to obey respectfully, to humble oneself, to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
  • 畏 【かしこ】 yours sincerely, respectfully yours
  • 賢い 【かしこい】 wise, clever, smart, well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
oe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2999 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1960 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3170 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21778 Morohashi
2562 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3742 New Nelson (John Haig)
2569 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2069 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3665 2001 Kanji
5f4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
6073.2 Four corner code
1-16-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
754f Unicode hex code