What does the kanji 無 mean?

Memory hook

Four dots of fire (灬) licking underneath until absolutely nothing is left — NOTHING, WITHOUT.

Main radical

Built from

• 丨vertical stroke 1 strokes
• 丿left-falling stroke 1 strokes
• 一one 1 strokes
• 火fire 4 strokes
• 無nothing 12 strokes
• 乞stroke shape, no meaning of its own 2 strokes

Stroke order · 12 strokes

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Common words

• 有無うむpresence or absence, whether or not
• 無事ぶじsafe, without incident
• 無理むりunreasonable, too much; impossible
• 情無いなさけないpitiful, miserable; shameful
• 無くすなくすto lose (something)

More words with this kanji

• 無しなしwithout, none
• 無料むりょうfree of charge
• 無視むしignoring, disregard
• 無駄むだuseless, wasteful
• 無地むじplain, unpatterned
• 無数むすうcountless, innumerable
• 無限むげんinfinite, limitless
• ご無沙汰ごぶさたlong time no contact, it's been a while
• 無効むこうinvalid, void
• 無口むくちtaciturn, reticent
• 無念むねんregret, chagrin, mortification
• 無断むだんwithout permission, unauthorized
• 無用むようuseless, unnecessary; prohibited
• 無知むちignorance
• 無礼ぶれいrudeness, discourtesy
• 無線むせんwireless, radio
• 無能むのうincompetent, incapable
• 無茶むちゃunreasonable, reckless, excessive
• 無言むごんsilence, saying nothing
• 無論むろんof course, naturally
• 無難ぶなんsafe, unobjectionable, acceptable
• 台無しだいなしruined, spoiled, wasted
• 無意味むいみmeaningless, pointless
• 無邪気むじゃきinnocent, artless, naive