毋 - Dong Chinese dictionary

wú

do not

Originally written and pronounced the same as 母 (mother). Later it was slightly altered so the two characters could be distinguished.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wú

do not; not; surname; rad. 80; (literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody

Wú

surname Wu

Most common words with 毋

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	毋	don't
	宁缺毋滥	better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
	毋庸	no need for
	毋宁	not as good as
	少安毋躁	don't be impatient

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*mo	mju	wú	don't

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.0183% of movies

3124th most common character in movies

2876th most common character in books

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