毋 (mou4 | wu2) : do not; not; no

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毋

mou4

wu2

[1] do not; not; no [2] a Chinese family name [3] Kangxi radical 80

Stroke count: 4

Level: 3

Radical: 毋 (#80)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

毋

Don't confuse with:
母

This word has been viewed 4709 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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毋須 mou4 seoi1 wu2 xu1 = not necessary, need not to

毋庸 mou4 jung4 wu2 yong1 = no need for

毋庸贅述 mou4 jung4 zeoi6 seot6 wu2 yong1 zhui4 shu4 = there's no need to elaborate; there's no needs to elaborate on unnecessary details

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Decimal representation of this word: 毋
Unicode code for this character: U+6BCB (off-site link)

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