勿

勿 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心竹竹 (PHH), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿹勹⿰丿丿)

• 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

• 匆 匁

• 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

Historical forms of the character 勿
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

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.

do not (verb) him/her/it!

Fusion of 毋 (OC *ma, “should not; don't!”) with 之 (OC *tjɯ, “third-person pronoun”) (Schuessler, 2007).

勿

1. (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.]
     己所不欲，勿施于人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

2. (literary or Wu) not

   對勿起／对勿起 [Shanghainese]  ―  [te̞³³ v̥əʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹] [IPA]  ―  Sorry

   • 齊侯欲勿許。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     齐侯欲勿许。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Qí hóu yù wù xǔ. [Pinyin]

     Duke Ling of Qi wanted to not agree.

3. Used in 勿勿.

• In Shanghainese, 勿 has the same sandhi as the light departing (陽去) tone, as opposed to the expected light checked (陽入) tone.

勿

1. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 莫 (“(imperative) do not; don't”).

勿

1. Only used in 卹勿.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. negation
2. prohibition

• 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)

• 勿(もっ)体(たい)無(な)い (mottainai): too good, wasteful
• 勿(もち)論(ろん) (mochiron): of course, certainly
• 勿(もっ)怪(け)の幸(さいわ)い (mokke no saiwai): unexpected gain, bonanza, windfall

勿(ぶつ) • (butsu) 

勿(もち) • (mochi) 

1. must not, do not, be not

勿 (eumhun 말 물 (mal mul))
勿 (eumhun 아닐 물 (anil mul))

1. Hanja form^? of 물 (“must not, do not”).
2. Hanja form^? of 물 (“never”).

勿 (eumhun 없을 몰 (eopseul mol))

1. Hanja form^? of 물 (“without, lacking”).

勿: Hán Nôm readings: vật, vặt, vất

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勿

1. Sawndip form of fwed (“wing”)