毋
Meanings
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- 1.(literary) no
- 2.don't
- 3.to not have
- 4.nobody
- 1.surname Wu
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Wiktionary
- 1.do not, don't
- 2.not
- 3.a surname
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Etymology
In the oracle bone script, 母 (“mother”) was borrowed to represent this character. It was later specialized to distinguish it from “mother”, replacing the two dots with one stroke. Cognate with 無 (OC *ma, “to not have”). Already in Zhou time, phonetically confused with and read like 無 (OC *ma). Cognate with 唔 in Cantonese, Teochew and Hakka.
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Stroke order
Components
毋㇗㇆𠂇
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
毋宁 not as good as毋忘 Don't forget! (literary)毋庸 no need for少安毋躁 keep calm, don't get excited稍安毋躁 variant of 少安毋躁[shǎo ān wú zào]宁缺毋滥 better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option不自由，毋宁死 give me liberty or give me death卑之，毋甚高论 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion