勿
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Translingual
Han character
勿 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心竹竹 (PHH), four-corner 27220, composition ⿹勹⿰丿丿)
Derived characters
- 伆 𠖳 吻 圽 𡛁 岉 𢪱 沕 𢪥 𬆿 昒 歾 物 肳 䀛 䥼 粅 𧉚 虝 覅 魩 䴯 朆
- 刎 㬟 𣍐 忽 曶 㫚 甮 䀜 䝆 𠤆 𠤌 芴 笏 易 昜 匆 匢 囫 脗 𠏦
See also
- 匆 匁
References
- KangXi: page 150, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2501
- Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 255, character 2
- Unihan data for U+52FF
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 勿 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 伐 Wu 弗 Wu | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 勿 | ||||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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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 |
Pictogram (象形) – blood on a knife; the original character of 刎 (OC *mɯnʔ, “to cut”). Phonetically borrowed for the negative particle since the time of the oracle bone script.
Etymology 1
- do not (verb) him/her/it!
- Fusion of 毋 (OC *ma, “should not; don't!”) with 之 (OC *tjɯ, “third-person pronoun”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
勿
- (literary or formal, imperative) do not; don't
- 請勿吸煙／请勿吸烟 ― qǐng wù xīyān ― no smoking (lit. please do not smoke)
- 己所不欲，勿施於人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jǐ suǒ bù yù, wù shī yú rén. [Pinyin]
- What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
己所不欲，勿施于人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary or Wu) not
- 對勿起／对勿起 [Shanghainese] ― [te̞³³ v̥əʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹] [IPA] ― Sorry
- 齊侯欲勿許。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Qí hóu yù wù xǔ. [Pinyin]
- Duke Ling of Qi wanted to not agree.
齐侯欲勿许。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- Used in 勿勿.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 勿, 莫1, 毋, 無 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 別, 不要, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 別, 別價 |
| Taiwan | 別, 不要 | |
| Harbin | 別 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 別 | |
| Jinan | 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要 | |
| Luoyang | 嫑, 甭, 休 | |
| Wanrong | 嫑, 不要 | |
| Xi'an | 嫑, 不敢 | |
| Lanzhou | 不要 | |
| Xining | 嫑 | |
| Ürümqi | 嫑 | |
| Wuhan | 莫1, 不 | |
| Chengdu | 莫1, 不要, 嫑 | |
| Guiyang | 不要 | |
| Guilin | 莫1 | |
| Liuzhou | 莫1, 莫要 | |
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 莫1 | |
| Xuzhou | 嫑, 休 | |
| Yangzhou | 莫1, 不要 | |
| Nanjing | 不要 | |
| Hefei | 別, 不要 | |
| Malaysia | 不要 | |
| Singapore | 不要 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 咪個, 唔好 |
| Hong Kong | 咪, 唔好, 冇 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 唔好 | |
| Macau | 唔要 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 咪 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 咪 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔好 | |
| Taishan | 唔好 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔好 | |
| Dongguan | 咪, 唔好 | |
| Shaoguan | 咪 | |
| Yunfu | 咪, 唔好 | |
| Yangjiang | 莫1, 無好 | |
| Xinyi | 毛 | |
| Lianjiang | 冇 | |
| Nanning | 冇要 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 咪 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 咪, 唔好 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 莫1 |
| Lichuan | 毋要, 不要 | |
| Pingxiang | 不要 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 莫1, 毋愛, 毋好 |
| Xingning | 毋愛 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 毋好 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 毋好 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 毋好 | |
| Changting | 毋要 | |
| Liancheng | 毋要 | |
| Ninghua | 毋要 | |
| Yudu | 毋要, 毋敢 | |
| Ruijin | 毋要 | |
| Shicheng | 毋要 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 毋要 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毋好 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 毋好 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毋好 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 毋好 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 毋好 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毋好 | |
| Hong Kong | 毋好 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 毋愛 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 毋好 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 唔愛 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 不要, 嫑 |
| Shexian | 不要, 嫑 | |
| Tunxi | 不要, 嫑 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不要, 不敢 |
| Xinzhou | 不要, 嫑, 播 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 伓敢, 伓讓, 毋 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 伓敢 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 伓通, 毋 |
| Fuqing | 伓通 | |
| Matsu | 毋 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠 |
| Quanzhou | 毋通, 毋愛, 甭 | |
| Zhangzhou | 毋通, 莫2, 甭, 𱰠 | |
| Zhao'an | 孬 | |
| Taipei | 莫2, 甭 GT | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 莫去 | |
| Kaohsiung | 莫2 | |
| Yilan | 毋通, 莫2 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 莫2 | |
| Tainan | 莫2 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 莫2, 毋通, 甭 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 莫2, 毋通, 甭 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 毋通, 甭 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 別 | |
| Chaozhou | 孬, 莫2 | |
| Shantou | 孬, 莫2 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 莫2 | |
| Haifeng | 莫2 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 孬 | |
| Penang (Teochew) | 莫2 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 莫2, 孬 | |
| Leizhou | 無地 | |
| Haikou | 無用, 莫2, 無莫 | |
| Qionghai | 無用 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 無用 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 冇要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿要, 𧟰 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 𧟰 | |
| Suzhou | 𧟰 | |
| Danyang | 弗要, 𫸻 | |
| Hangzhou | 嫑 | |
| Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 弗要, 消, 𧟰 | |
| Ningbo | 莫, 甮 | |
| Wenzhou | 𧟰 | |
| Jinhua | 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 莫1, 不要 |
| Loudi | 不要, 莫1 | |
| Shuangfeng | 莫1 | |
| Quanzhou | 別 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Dialectal synonyms of 不 (“not”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 不, 弗, 毋, 勿, 莫, 否, 未 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 不 |
| Taiwan | 不 | |
| Tianjin | 不 | |
| Chengde | 不 | |
| Tangshan | 不 | |
| Cangzhou | 不 | |
| Baoding | 不 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 不 | |
| Chifeng | 不 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 不 | |
| Heihe | 不 | |
| Qiqihar | 不 | |
| Harbin | 不 | |
| Jiamusi | 不 | |
| Baicheng | 不 | |
| Changchun | 不 | |
| Tonghua | 不 | |
| Shenyang | 不 | |
| Dandong | 不 | |
| Jinzhou | 不 | |
| Dalian | 不 | |
| Yantai | 不 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 不 | |
| Qingdao | 不 | |
| Lijin | 不 | |
| Zhucheng | 不 | |
| Jinan | 不 | |
| Luoyang | 不 | |
| Wanrong | 不 | |
| Shangqiu | 不 | |
| Yuanyang | 不 | |
| Zhengzhou | 不 | |
| Lingbao | 不 | |
| Xinyang | 不 | |
| Baihe | 不 | |
| Xi'an | 不 | |
| Baoji | 不 | |
| Yinchuan | 不 | |
| Tianshui | 不 | |
| Lanzhou | 不 | |
| Dunhuang | 不 | |
| Xining | 不 | |
| Hami | 不 | |
| Ürümqi | 不 | |
| Wuhan | 不 | |
| Yichang | 不 | |
| Xiangyang | 不 | |
| Tianmen | 不 | |
| Hong'an | 不 | |
| Chengdu | 不 | |
| Nanchong | 不 | |
| Dazhou | 不 | |
| Hanyuan | 不 | |
| Xichang | 不 | |
| Zigong | 不 | |
| Chongqing | 不 | |
| Guiyang | 不 | |
| Zunyi | 不 | |
| Bijie | 不 | |
| Zhaotong | 不 | |
| Dali | 不 | |
| Kunming | 不 | |
| Mengzi | 不 | |
| Guilin | 不 | |
| Liuzhou | 沒, 不 | |
| Changde | 不 | |
| Anqing | 不 | |
| Xuzhou | 不 | |
| Fuyang | 不 | |
| Wuhu | 不 | |
| Yangzhou | 不 | |
| Lianyungang | 不 | |
| Lianshui | 不 | |
| Nanjing | 不 | |
| Hefei | 不 | |
| Nantong | 不 | |
| Malaysia | 不 | |
| Singapore | 不 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔 |
| Hong Kong | 唔 | |
| Macau | 唔 | |
| Taishan | 唔 | |
| Dongguan | 唔 | |
| Yangjiang | 無 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 冇 | |
| Hepu (Shatian) | 冇 | |
| Beihai | 冇 | |
| Beihai (Nankang) | 冇 | |
| Beihai (Yingpan) | 冇 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 冇 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 冇 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 冇 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 唔 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 唔 | |
| Móng Cái | 冇 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不 |
| Lichuan | 不 | |
| Pingxiang | 毋 | |
| Jianning | 唔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 唔 |
| Xingning | 唔 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 唔 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 唔 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 唔 | |
| Changting | 唔 | |
| Shanghang | 唔 | |
| Wuping | 唔 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 唔 | |
| Liancheng | 唔 | |
| Ninghua | 唔, 不 | |
| Qingliu | 唔 | |
| Yudu | 唔 | |
| Ruijin | 唔 | |
| Shicheng | 唔 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 唔 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毋 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 毋 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毋 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 毋 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 毋 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毋 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 不 |
| Shexian | 不 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不 |
| Yangyuan | 不 | |
| Datong | 不 | |
| Xinzhou | 不 | |
| Lishi | 不 | |
| Linfen | 不 | |
| Changzhi | 不 | |
| Linhe | 不 | |
| Jining | 不 | |
| Hohhot | 不 | |
| Erenhot | 不 | |
| Pingshan | 不 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 不 | |
| Handan | 不 | |
| Linzhou | 不 | |
| Suide | 不 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 伓, 𣍐 |
| Songxi | 唔, 𣍐 | |
| Zhenghe | 唔, 𣍐 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 伓, 𣍐 |
| Changle | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Lianjiang | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Fuqing | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Pingtan | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Yongtai | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Minqing | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Gutian | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Pingnan | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Luoyuan | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Fu'an | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Ningde | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Xiapu | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Zherong | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Shouning | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Zhouning | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Fuding | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Matsu | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 毋, 𣍐, 無 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Quanzhou | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Jinjiang | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Nan'an | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Shishi | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Hui'an | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Anxi | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Yongchun | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Dehua | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Zhangzhou | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Hua'an | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Nanjing | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Pinghe | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Zhangpu | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Yunxiao | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Zhao'an | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Dongshan | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Taipei | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Kaohsiung | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Tainan | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Kinmen | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 毋, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Datian | 毋, 𣍐 | |
| Chaozhou | 唔, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Shantou | 唔, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Jieyang | 唔 | |
| Haifeng | 唔 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 唔, 𣍐, 無 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 唔 | |
| Leizhou | 伓 | |
| Wenchang | 無 | |
| Haikou | 無 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 無 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 伓, 𣍐 |
| Xianyou | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Min Zhong | Yong'an | 伓, 𣍐 |
| Shaxian | 伓, 𣍐 | |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 冒, 唔 |
| Guangze | 唔 | |
| Jiangle | 唔 | |
| Mingxi | 唔 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 冇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 弗, 勿 | |
| Suzhou | 弗 | |
| Danyang | 弗 | |
| Hangzhou | 不 | |
| Ningbo | 勿, 嘸沒 rare | |
| Wenzhou | 不 | |
| Jinhua | 弗 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 不 |
| Loudi | 不 | |
| Shuangfeng | 不 | |
Usage notes
- In Shanghainese, 勿 has the same sandhi as the light departing (陽去) tone, as opposed to the expected light checked (陽入) tone.
Compounds
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Pronunciation
Definitions
勿
- (Min Nan) Alternative form of 莫 (“(imperative) do not; don't”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
勿
- Only used in 卹勿.
Japanese
Kanji
勿
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- negation
- prohibition
Readings
- Go-on: もち (mochi)
- Kan-on: ぶつ (butsu)
- On: ぼつ (botsu)
- Kun: なかれ (nakare, 勿れ); なし (nashi, 勿)
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
Noun
勿 • (butsu)
勿 • (mochi)
- must not, do not, be not
Korean
Hanja
勿 (eumhun 말 물 (mal mul))
勿 (eumhun 아닐 물 (anil mul))
- Hanja form? of 물 (“must not, do not”).
- Hanja form? of 물 (“never”).
勿 (eumhun 없을 몰 (eopseul mol))
- Hanja form? of 물 (“without, lacking”).
Vietnamese
Han character
勿: Hán Nôm readings: vật, vặt, vất
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Zhuang
Noun
勿
- Sawndip form of fwed (“wing”)