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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wú | wu2
English translation
no, not; lacking, -less

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Positional decomposition

⿱? huǒ

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a person () dancing with ornamental leather hides () hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Later, two feet ( chuǎn ) were added to the bottom of the character to form (dance), and was borrowed for its sound to re

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
no
无法 wú fǎ unable無法
无论 wúlùn no matter what or how無論
无聊 wúliáo bored無聊
毫无 háowú not in the least毫無
无关 wú guān unrelated無關
无辜 wúgū innocent無辜
无所谓 wúsuǒwèi to be indifferent無所謂
无数 wúshù countless無數
无疑 wú yí no doubt無疑
无论如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case無論如何
无奈 wúnài helpless無奈
无比 wúbǐ incomparable無比
无限 wú xiàn unlimited無限
毫无疑问 háo wú yí wèn certainty毫無疑問
无产阶级 wú chǎn jiē jí proletariat無產階級
无效 wú xiào not valid無效
无线 wú xiàn wireless無線
无人 wú rén unmanned無人
别无选择 bié wú xuǎn zé to have no other choice別無選擇
无意 wú yì inadvertent無意
无罪 wú zuì innocent無罪
无力 wú lì powerless無力
无能为力 wúnéngwéilì impotent (idiom)無能為力
一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī without an inkling一無所知

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