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
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Glyph origin
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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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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
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Pronunciation
Definitions
勿
- (literary or formal, imperative) do not; don't
- (literary) not
- 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
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) According to Pan (2002), developed from a labiodentalized and checked variant of 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ').
In certain varieties the initial has gained voicing and in some cases caused the word shifted to yang tones, either restricted to specific syntactical positions or in all contexts.
Pronunciation
Definitions
勿
Synonyms
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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
- 一動勿如一靜/一动勿如一静
- 一客勿煩兩主/一客勿烦两主
- 一心勿能兩用/一心勿能两用
- 三勿罷,四勿休/三勿罢,四勿休
- 三句勿離本行/三句勿离本行
- 三鈿勿作兩鈿/三钿勿作两钿
- 勿……勿要銅鈿/勿……勿要铜钿
- 勿怕兇,獨怕窮/勿怕凶,独怕穷
- 勿怕笨,只怕混
- 勿管三七廿一
- 天勿怕,地勿怕
- 日勿做,夜摸索
- 河水勿犯井水
- 烏勿三,白勿四/乌勿三,白勿四
- 風勿搖,水勿動/风勿摇,水勿动
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Definitions
勿
- Only used in 卹勿.
Japanese
Readings
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)