勿
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
象形。刀で物を二つに切るさまを象る。「きる」を意味する漢語｛刎｝を表す字。のち仮借して否定の副詞｛勿｝に用いる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
not, must not, do not, be not
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- モチ
- ブツ
- ボツ
- Kun (native)
- なか(れ)
- なし
- Other languages
- 拼音wu4
- 한글mul
- Hán-ViệtVật
Basics
- Strokes
- 4 strokes
- Radical
- 勹(つつみがまえ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+52FF
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹勹⿰丿丿
Words using this kanji
- 勿論もちろんいうまでもなく、当然のこととして。 いうまでもないがさらに。当然のことであるがそれにくわえて。 いうまでもないこと、当然のこと。of course, certainly, naturally
- 勿体ないもったいない有効に使うことができず惜しく感じる。 身に過ぎて恐れ多い。有り難い。贅沢だ。 神仏などに不敬だ。恐れ多い。wasteful, a waste, too good, more than one deserves
- 勿まなmust not, may not
- 勿れなかれmust not, do not
- 勿体もったい重々しい様子。 尊大な様子。superior airs, air of importance, overemphasis
- 勿吉もっきつMohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)
- 勿の論もちのろんof course, certainly, naturally
- 勿体ぶるもったいぶるto put on airs, to assume importance, to be self-important, to be pretentious
- 勿忘草色わすれなぐさいろforget-me-not blue
- 勿論のこともちろんのことneedless to say, as a matter of course, of course, not to mention
- 勿体をつけるもったいをつけるto put on airs, to assume importance
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
3-2-2- Four Corner
2722.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.11- Heisig
- 1128
- Nelson
- 743