毋
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(literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 毋 itself
- Structure
- Single component 独体
- Traditional
- 毋
- Common rank
- #3,229
- Unicode
- U+6BCB
Words with 毋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 familia… | |
| 少安毋躁 | keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient | |
| 宁缺毋滥 | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than … | |
| 毋宁 | not as good as; would rather | |
| 稍安毋躁 | variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4] | |
| 毋忘 | Don't forget! (literary) | |
| 毋庸 | no need for |