Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Kunyomi: な.い

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: れっか

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

料(むりょう)   free of charge

職(むしょく)   unemployed

理な(むりな)   impossible

神経な(むしんけいな)   insensitive

意味な(むいみな)   nonsense

視する(むしする)   disregard, ignore

事(ぶじ)   safety

難な(ぶなんな)   secure, safe

礼な(ぶれいな)   rude

くす(なくす)   lose

い(ない)   no, not

Onyomi Examples

nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero, un-, non-

意識 ムイシキ unconsciousness, unconscious, involuntary, automatic, mechanical, unintentional, spontaneous, the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

カイム nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all

キョム nihility, nothingness

un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...

不気味 ブキミ weird, ominous, eerie, uncanny, ghastly

Kunyomi Examples

ない nonexistent, not being (there), unowned, not had, unpossessed, unique, not, impossible, won't happen, not, to not be, to have not

ないと行けない ないといけない have to (verb), must (verb), is indispensable, absolutely necessary

くない ninja throwing knives, mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.