毋 | ||
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毋 (U+6BCB) "mother, do not" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | wú | |
Bopomofo: | ㄨˊ | |
Wade–Giles: | wu2 | |
Cantonese Yale: | mòuh | |
Jyutping: | mou4 | |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | bû | |
Japanese Kana: | ブ bu / ム mu (
on'yomi) なかれ nakare ( kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 무 mu | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | なかれ nakare ははのかん hahanokan | |
Hangul: | 말 mal | |
Stroke order animation | ||
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Radical 80 or radical do not (毋部) meaning " mother" or " do not" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes. Chinese characters with a similar component 母 "mother" may also be classified under this radical.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
毋 is also the 99th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In the Hokkien language, 毋 is often used to represent the negation particle [m̩], spelled m̄ in Peh-oe-ji and Tai-lo.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 毋SC/TC/ 毋JP 毌 |
+1 | 母 |
+2 | 毎JP (=每) |
+3 | 每 毐 |
+4 | 毑 毒TC/ 毒JP |
+9 | 毒SC 毓 |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. [1] It is a second grade kanji [1]