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勿

勿

勿 U+52FF, 勿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FF
← 勾
[U+52FE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 匀 →
[U+5300]

Translingual

Han character

勿 (radical 20 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心竹竹 (PHH), four-corner 27220, composition ⿹勹⿰丿丿)

  1. must not, do not
  2. without, never
  3. no

Derived characters

See also

References

  • KangXi: page 150, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2501
  • Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 255, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+52FF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 勿

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 勿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 文弗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miut̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mut̚/
Li
Rong		 /miuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /mĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勿 勿
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wù wù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjut › ‹ mjut ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mut/ /*mut/
English don"t not ... it

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勿
Reading # 1/1
No. 13219
Phonetic
component		 勿
Rime
group		 物
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 物
Old
Chinese		 /*mɯd/
Notes 甲金文象人没水爲沕初文

Verb

勿

  1. (imperative) do not; don't
Synonyms
Usage notes
  • The meaning of 'no' in this character only means no in Shanghainese.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

勿

  1. Alternative form of 莫: (Min Nan, imperative) do not; don't

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

勿

  1. to dust

Japanese

Noun

勿 ‎(hiragana ぶつ, romaji butsu)

勿 ‎(hiragana もち, romaji mochi)

  1. must not, do not, be not

Kanji

勿

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 勿体無い (mottainai): too good, wasteful
  • 勿論 (mochiron): of course, certainly
  • 勿怪の幸い (mokke-no-saiwai): unexpected gain, bonanza, windfall

Korean

Hanja

勿 • ‎(mul, mol) (hangeul 물, 몰, revised mul, mol, McCune-Reischauer mul, mol)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勿 (vật, vặt, vất)

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Etymology

Historical forms of the character 勿
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bamboo and silk script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (勿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
脗 *minʔ
吻 *mɯnʔ
刎 *mɯnʔ
伆 *mɯnʔ, *mɯd
勽 *buːs, *mɯnʔ
沕 *mrɯd, *mɯd
忽 *hmɯːd
昒 *hmɯːd, *mɯd
惚 *hmɯːd
匫 *hmɯːd
笏 *hmɯːd
曶 *hmɯːd
淴 *ʔmɯːd
物 *mɯd
勿 *mɯd
芴 *mɯd
岉 *mɯd

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