U+7121 "無" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+7121 "無" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it primarily conveys the concept of "nothing" or "without." Its fundamental meaning denotes absence, negation, or the lack of something, and it is a common component in words such as the Chinese "wú" meaning "not have" and the Japanese "mu" which appears in Buddhist terms like "mujō," signifying impermanence. The character's structure, with its intricate strokes, originates from ancient Chinese oracle bone script, where it was pictorially linked to a dance or a festive display, later evolving to represent the philosophical idea of non existence. In modern usage, it appears in contexts ranging from everyday language to profound philosophical and religious texts, particularly in Zen Buddhism where it symbolizes the void or the state of being without attachment.

General Properties

Code Point U+7121
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 無
HTML Hex Encoding 無
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0x84 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x7121
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00007121
C/C++/Java Escape \u7121

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive B54C
kCCCII 214966
kCNS1986 1-6052
kCNS1992 1-6052
kCangjie OTF
kCantonese mou4
kCihaiT 848.204
kCowles 2711
kDaeJaweon 1081.240
kDefinition negative, no, not; lack, have no
kEACC 214966
kFanqie 武夫
kFenn 259A
kFennIndex 606.01 607.01
kFourCornerCode 8033.1
kGB1 4662
kGradeLevel 4
kGSR 0103a
kHangul 무:0E
kHanYu 32211.150
kHanyuPinlu wú(1997)
kHanyuPinyin 32211.150:wú,mó
kHKGlyph 2398
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1081.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 32211.150
kIRGKangXi 0673.260
kIRG_GSource G1-4E5E
kIRG_HSource HB1-B54C
kIRG_JSource J0-4C35
kIRG_KPSource KP0-DBDC
kIRG_KSource K0-596D
kIRG_TSource T1-6052
kIRG_VSource V1-5E2B
kJapanese ム ブ ない なかれ
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kJapaneseKun NAI NAKARE
kJapaneseOn MU BU
kJis0 4421
kKangXi 0673.260
kKorean MWU
kLau 2163
kMandarin
kMatthews 7180
kMeyerWempe 1841
kMojiJoho MJ016434
kMorohashi 19113
kNelson 2773
kPhonetic 914
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+3777+86.4.8
kRSUnicode 86.8
kSBGY 072.30
kSemanticVariant U+65E0<kFenn U+6A46<kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant "无" U+65E0 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 398.01
kSMSZD2003Readings wú粵mou4 mó粵mo4
kTaiwanTelegraph 3541
kTang *mio
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese
kXerox 241:314
kXHC1983 0799.061:mó 1212.051:wú