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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: ム, ブ

Composition: 丿 一 灬

無

Radical

Radical: 火

Reading: れっか

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

⺣

Examples

Examples with audio

無料(むりょう)   free of charge

無職(むしょく)   unemployed

無理な(むりな)   impossible

無神経な(むしんけいな)   insensitive

無意味な(むいみな)   nonsense

無視する(むしする)   disregard, ignore

無事(ぶじ)   safety

無難な(ぶなんな)   secure, safe

無礼な(ぶれいな)   rude

無くす(なくす)   lose

無い(ない)   no, not

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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.

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