Read Edit View history 毋 wúWú do not Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written and pronounced the same as 母 (mother). Later it was slightly altered so the two characters could be distinguished. Pinyin Separate values with commas wú ×móu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 毋 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 311, 742 ], [ 344, 685 ], [ 338, 616 ], [ 305, 460 ], [ 250, 303 ], [ 242, 261 ], [ 266, 255 ], [ 377, 266 ], [ 528, 271 ], [ 740, 260 ], [ 784, 254 ], [ 859, 210 ] ], [ [ 362, 721 ], [ 390, 712 ], [ 424, 716 ], [ 485, 733 ], [ 632, 755 ], [ 664, 748 ], [ 696, 711 ], [ 662, 326 ], [ 642, 214 ], [ 611, 109 ], [ 585, 56 ], [ 562, 28 ], [ 455, 77 ] ], [ [ 472, 649 ], [ 491, 633 ], [ 505, 609 ], [ 501, 562 ], [ 475, 410 ], [ 435, 276 ], [ 388, 192 ], [ 343, 138 ], [ 283, 89 ], [ 227, 60 ] ], [ [ 74, 461 ], [ 116, 450 ], [ 144, 451 ], [ 405, 485 ], [ 824, 515 ], [ 885, 507 ], [ 923, 494 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 357 726 Q 315 762 304 752 Q 297 742 296 730 Q 329 664 289 489 Q 288 488 288 487 L 280 454 Q 249 331 200 282 Q 191 272 195 258 Q 201 237 222 217 Q 231 207 246 215 Q 292 237 382 245 Q 386 246 394 245 L 447 250 Q 523 257 618 248 L 677 240 Q 756 228 831 201 Q 853 192 865 196 Q 878 199 870 220 Q 861 241 809 280 Q 790 296 759 292 Q 726 291 685 287 L 627 287 Q 542 290 462 287 L 415 286 Q 352 286 293 281 Q 272 278 278 296 Q 306 390 327 460 L 335 491 Q 356 569 366 616 Q 372 658 379 681 Q 380 688 381 693 C 384 706 381 708 357 726 Z", "M 618 248 Q 585 101 546 72 Q 540 68 454 88 Q 439 89 444 77 Q 448 68 468 56 Q 513 17 534 -13 Q 562 -44 583 -24 Q 640 43 677 240 L 685 287 Q 698 378 708 483 L 712 531 Q 716 657 734 695 Q 747 717 731 735 Q 715 750 674 778 Q 659 791 574 764 Q 415 734 357 726 C 327 721 351 688 381 693 Q 396 693 415 698 Q 613 749 642 725 Q 657 716 657 686 Q 656 598 652 523 L 650 482 Q 643 385 627 287 L 618 248 Z", "M 394 245 Q 387 235 381 221 Q 338 146 238 75 Q 225 65 220 60 Q 219 54 228 53 Q 265 50 349 120 Q 412 174 447 250 L 462 287 Q 489 368 511 478 L 516 507 Q 522 543 528 581 Q 534 597 536 608 Q 543 624 526 636 Q 486 661 472 661 Q 454 660 466 639 Q 482 600 471 503 L 466 474 Q 439 342 415 286 L 394 245 Z", "M 288 487 Q 186 480 78 470 Q 56 469 71 451 Q 86 436 104 430 Q 126 423 142 427 Q 208 443 280 454 L 327 460 Q 376 469 466 474 L 511 478 Q 574 482 650 482 L 708 483 Q 768 484 836 481 Q 923 478 930 487 Q 936 499 919 514 Q 862 559 799 544 Q 759 538 712 531 L 652 523 Q 588 516 516 507 L 471 503 Q 404 499 335 491 L 288 487 Z" ] } 4 strokes 毋 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 311, 742 ], [ 344, 685 ], [ 338, 616 ], [ 305, 460 ], [ 250, 303 ], [ 242, 261 ], [ 266, 255 ], [ 377, 266 ], [ 528, 271 ], [ 740, 260 ], [ 784, 254 ], [ 859, 210 ] ], [ [ 362, 721 ], [ 390, 712 ], [ 424, 716 ], [ 485, 733 ], [ 632, 755 ], [ 664, 748 ], [ 696, 711 ], [ 662, 326 ], [ 642, 214 ], [ 611, 109 ], [ 585, 56 ], [ 562, 28 ], [ 455, 77 ] ], [ [ 472, 649 ], [ 491, 633 ], [ 505, 609 ], [ 501, 562 ], [ 475, 410 ], [ 435, 276 ], [ 388, 192 ], [ 343, 138 ], [ 283, 89 ], [ 227, 60 ] ], [ [ 74, 461 ], [ 116, 450 ], [ 144, 451 ], [ 405, 485 ], [ 824, 515 ], [ 885, 507 ], [ 923, 494 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 357 726 Q 315 762 304 752 Q 297 742 296 730 Q 329 664 289 489 Q 288 488 288 487 L 280 454 Q 249 331 200 282 Q 191 272 195 258 Q 201 237 222 217 Q 231 207 246 215 Q 292 237 382 245 Q 386 246 394 245 L 447 250 Q 523 257 618 248 L 677 240 Q 756 228 831 201 Q 853 192 865 196 Q 878 199 870 220 Q 861 241 809 280 Q 790 296 759 292 Q 726 291 685 287 L 627 287 Q 542 290 462 287 L 415 286 Q 352 286 293 281 Q 272 278 278 296 Q 306 390 327 460 L 335 491 Q 356 569 366 616 Q 372 658 379 681 Q 380 688 381 693 C 384 706 381 708 357 726 Z", "M 618 248 Q 585 101 546 72 Q 540 68 454 88 Q 439 89 444 77 Q 448 68 468 56 Q 513 17 534 -13 Q 562 -44 583 -24 Q 640 43 677 240 L 685 287 Q 698 378 708 483 L 712 531 Q 716 657 734 695 Q 747 717 731 735 Q 715 750 674 778 Q 659 791 574 764 Q 415 734 357 726 C 327 721 351 688 381 693 Q 396 693 415 698 Q 613 749 642 725 Q 657 716 657 686 Q 656 598 652 523 L 650 482 Q 643 385 627 287 L 618 248 Z", "M 394 245 Q 387 235 381 221 Q 338 146 238 75 Q 225 65 220 60 Q 219 54 228 53 Q 265 50 349 120 Q 412 174 447 250 L 462 287 Q 489 368 511 478 L 516 507 Q 522 543 528 581 Q 534 597 536 608 Q 543 624 526 636 Q 486 661 472 661 Q 454 660 466 639 Q 482 600 471 503 L 466 474 Q 439 342 415 286 L 394 245 Z", "M 288 487 Q 186 480 78 470 Q 56 469 71 451 Q 86 436 104 430 Q 126 423 142 427 Q 208 443 280 454 L 327 460 Q 376 469 466 474 L 511 478 Q 574 482 650 482 L 708 483 Q 768 484 836 481 Q 923 478 930 487 Q 936 499 919 514 Q 862 559 799 544 Q 759 538 712 531 L 652 523 Q 588 516 516 507 L 471 503 Q 404 499 335 491 L 288 487 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 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