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Mu (negative)

In the Sinosphere, the word 無, realized in Japanese and Korean as mu and in Standard Chinese as wu, meaning 'to lack' or 'without', is a key term in the vocabulary of various East Asian philosophical and religious traditions, such as Buddhism and Taoism.

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Hangul
Hanja
Hanyu Pinyin
Hiragana
Hokkien POJ
Jyutping
mou4

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Mu-kōan

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Mu (negative)

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples14
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Mu (negative)

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Transcriptions · 3
Mu (negative) → TranscriptionsRevised Hepburnmu, TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationmu, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinwúYue: CantoneseJyutpingmou4Southern MinHokkien POJbô
Hangul · 1
Mu (negative) → 무
Hanja · 1
Mu (negative) → 無
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Mu (negative) → wú
Hiragana · 1
Mu (negative) → む
Hokkien POJ · 1
Mu (negative) → bô
Jyutping · 1
Mu (negative) → mou4
Kanji · 1
Mu (negative) → 無
Revised Hepburn · 1
Mu (negative) → mu
Revised Romanization · 1
Mu (negative) → mu

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Important terminology

chinese mu negative used koan meaning zen one word question wu japanese buddha-nature pinyin without standard buddhism kanji ma

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mu (negative)Hangul1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Hanja1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Hanyu Pinyin1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Hiragana1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Hokkien POJ1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Jyutpingmou41.00infobox
Mu (negative)Kanji1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Revised Hepburnmu1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Revised Romanizationmu1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Simplified Chinese1.00infobox
Mu (negative)Traditional Chinese1.00infobox
Mu (negative)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinwúYue: CantoneseJyutpingmou4Southern MinHokkien POJbô1.00infobox
Mu (negative)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Romanizationmu1.00infobox
Mu (negative)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Hepburnmu1.00infobox

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