Read Edit View history 无 wúmó HSK4 negative Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person dancing, with ox tails or bird feathers hanging from his arms, to pray for rain. Original form of 舞 (dance). The current form is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 无 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 無. Pinyin Separate values with commas wú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 无 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 無 ×无 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 无 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 300, 679 ], [ 330, 672 ], [ 381, 672 ], [ 651, 720 ], [ 719, 723 ] ], [ [ 160, 402 ], [ 216, 394 ], [ 345, 420 ], [ 718, 471 ], [ 780, 466 ], [ 825, 452 ] ], [ [ 444, 653 ], [ 478, 628 ], [ 483, 618 ], [ 480, 590 ], [ 445, 417 ], [ 415, 318 ], [ 388, 256 ], [ 334, 168 ], [ 262, 91 ], [ 174, 34 ], [ 139, 22 ] ], [ [ 498, 387 ], [ 534, 345 ], [ 537, 333 ], [ 522, 220 ], [ 526, 105 ], [ 538, 71 ], [ 572, 45 ], [ 622, 32 ], [ 706, 27 ], [ 813, 37 ], [ 869, 56 ], [ 880, 64 ], [ 884, 92 ], [ 887, 213 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 486 664 Q 567 679 655 692 Q 716 704 725 711 Q 735 718 731 728 Q 724 741 694 749 Q 667 755 557 725 Q 415 695 308 689 Q 271 685 296 666 Q 339 641 408 653 Q 421 656 437 656 L 486 664 Z", "M 473 416 Q 584 432 754 435 Q 826 435 833 446 Q 839 459 819 476 Q 756 518 716 508 Q 629 489 486 463 L 424 453 Q 300 435 162 414 Q 138 410 156 391 Q 172 376 193 370 Q 218 364 236 370 Q 320 395 413 407 L 473 416 Z", "M 413 407 Q 409 394 406 378 Q 349 159 154 41 Q 136 29 131 23 Q 128 16 141 14 Q 186 8 284 81 Q 398 171 466 390 Q 469 403 473 416 L 486 463 Q 513 586 523 610 Q 533 631 512 646 Q 497 656 486 664 C 461 681 430 685 437 656 Q 456 602 424 453 L 413 407 Z", "M 926 73 Q 910 119 899 200 Q 898 216 890 222 Q 881 228 877 206 Q 858 109 842 91 Q 811 58 684 53 Q 615 54 585 66 Q 558 79 553 96 Q 543 124 546 197 Q 553 278 569 315 Q 582 346 563 364 Q 511 404 495 401 Q 479 395 486 377 Q 507 337 501 279 Q 492 101 515 62 Q 539 20 627 7 Q 688 -2 785 2 Q 873 6 907 25 Q 938 41 926 73 Z" ] } 4 strokes 无 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 300, 679 ], [ 330, 672 ], [ 381, 672 ], [ 651, 720 ], [ 719, 723 ] ], [ [ 160, 402 ], [ 216, 394 ], [ 345, 420 ], [ 718, 471 ], [ 780, 466 ], [ 825, 452 ] ], [ [ 444, 653 ], [ 478, 628 ], [ 483, 618 ], [ 480, 590 ], [ 445, 417 ], [ 415, 318 ], [ 388, 256 ], [ 334, 168 ], [ 262, 91 ], [ 174, 34 ], [ 139, 22 ] ], [ [ 498, 387 ], [ 534, 345 ], [ 537, 333 ], [ 522, 220 ], [ 526, 105 ], [ 538, 71 ], [ 572, 45 ], [ 622, 32 ], [ 706, 27 ], [ 813, 37 ], [ 869, 56 ], [ 880, 64 ], [ 884, 92 ], [ 887, 213 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 486 664 Q 567 679 655 692 Q 716 704 725 711 Q 735 718 731 728 Q 724 741 694 749 Q 667 755 557 725 Q 415 695 308 689 Q 271 685 296 666 Q 339 641 408 653 Q 421 656 437 656 L 486 664 Z", "M 473 416 Q 584 432 754 435 Q 826 435 833 446 Q 839 459 819 476 Q 756 518 716 508 Q 629 489 486 463 L 424 453 Q 300 435 162 414 Q 138 410 156 391 Q 172 376 193 370 Q 218 364 236 370 Q 320 395 413 407 L 473 416 Z", "M 413 407 Q 409 394 406 378 Q 349 159 154 41 Q 136 29 131 23 Q 128 16 141 14 Q 186 8 284 81 Q 398 171 466 390 Q 469 403 473 416 L 486 463 Q 513 586 523 610 Q 533 631 512 646 Q 497 656 486 664 C 461 681 430 685 437 656 Q 456 602 424 453 L 413 407 Z", "M 926 73 Q 910 119 899 200 Q 898 216 890 222 Q 881 228 877 206 Q 858 109 842 91 Q 811 58 684 53 Q 615 54 585 66 Q 558 79 553 96 Q 543 124 546 197 Q 553 278 569 315 Q 582 346 563 364 Q 511 404 495 401 Q 479 395 486 377 Q 507 337 501 279 Q 492 101 515 62 Q 539 20 627 7 Q 688 -2 785 2 Q 873 6 907 25 Q 938 41 926 73 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.