无
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not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
Formation & memory
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How 无 is formed
How to remember it
nothing · Heisig RSH #611
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 无
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无人不 | no man is not... | |
| 不无 | not without | |
| 无不 | none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception | |
| 无人区 | uninhabited region | |
| 无人 | unmanned; uninhabited | |
| 无水 | anhydrous (chemistry); waterless; dehydrated | |
| 无心 | unintentionally; not in the mood to | |
| 无人机 | drone; unmanned aerial vehicle | |
| 无中生有 | to create something from nothing (idiom) | |
| 无性 | sexless; asexual (reproduction) | |
| 无机 | inorganic (chemistry) | |
| 无机化学 | inorganic chemistry | |
| 有无 | to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorpo… | |
| 事无大小 | see 事無巨細|事无巨细[shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4] | |
| 无法无天 | (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unr… | |
| 无上 | supreme | |
| 心中无数 | to have no idea; to be unsure | |
| 有心无力 | (idiom) to want to do sth but be unable to; willing but unable | |
| 有口无心 | to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom) | |
| 空无一人 | not a soul in sight (idiom) |
Sound family
These characters use 无 as their sound component — compare how they read.