無形

See also: 无形

Chinese
not have
 
to appear; to look; form
to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (無形) 無 形
simp. (无形) 无 形

Pronunciation

Adjective

無形

  1. (attributive) invisible; intangible; formless

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • 無形中／无形中 (wúxíngzhōng)
  • 無形損耗／无形损耗
  • 無形貿易／无形贸易

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
無 形
む
Grade: 4		 ぎょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 無形／无形 (mju heng, literally “without shape”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

無(む)形(ぎょう) • (mugyō) ←むぎやう (mugyau)?

  1. (Buddhism): formlessness, bodylessness; something that is shapeless and invisible

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
無 形
む
Grade: 4		 けい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 無形／无形 (mju heng, literally “without shape”). A combined reading, using the goon for 無 (mu) but the kan'on for 形 (kei), so this reading likely represents a later development in Japan.

Pronunciation

Noun

無(む)形(けい) • (mukei) 

  1. formlessness, shapelessness, invisibility, intangibility, incorporeality
    無形(むけい)の力(ちから)、無形(むけい)固定資産(こていしさん)
    mukei no chikara, mukei kotei shisan
    an invisible force, intangible fixed assets
Antonyms
See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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