无 Stroke Order — How to Write 无

Stroke Order

无 is written in 4 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 无, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

无 Radical and Character Components

Components:一尢

Radical: 无 + 0 more strokes

无 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Meanings of 无 in Chinese

wú无

Wú (无) means "without," "not having," or "not," acting as the opposite of "yǒu" (有 - to have). It appears in various expressions such as "wúgū" (无辜 - innocent), "wúcháng" (无偿 - free of charge), "wúcóng" (无从 - to have no means of doing something), "wúdù" (无度 - excessive), "wúduān" (无端 - for no reason), "wúfāng" (无方 - ineffective), "wúfēi" (无非 - nothing but), "wúdòngyúzhōng" (无动于衷 - indifferent), and "wúsuǒshìcóng" (无所适从 - at a loss as to what to do).

她被指控偷窃，但她声称自己是无辜的。

She was accused of theft, but she claimed to be innocent.

Common Words and Phrases with 无

wú无bǎ把wò握

unsure; lacking confidence or certainty

我对这个新项目的成功无把握，因为我们还没有足够的数据支持。

I am uncertain about the success of this new project because we don't have enough supporting data yet.

wú无bǎo保liú留

Without reservation; unconditional.

他表达了对这个计划的无保留支持。

He expressed his unreserved support for this plan.

wú无bǐ比

Incomparable; unparalleled.

听到这个好消息，她感到无比激动。

Upon hearing the good news, she felt incredibly excited.

wú无biān边

Borderless; without bounds or limits.

马儿在无边的草原上自由奔跑。

Horses run freely on the boundless grassland.

wú无biān边wú无jì际

Boundless; vast; without limits or an end.

夜空中的星星无边无际，令人感到宇宙的浩瀚。

The stars in the night sky are boundless, making one feel the vastness of the universe.

wú无bìng病shēn呻yīn吟

to make a fuss about an imaginary illness; to complain without real cause; to adopt a sentimental pose

有些青春期的烦恼，在成年人看来可能有点无病呻吟，但在孩子心里却是天大的事

Some adolescent worries might seem like making a fuss over nothing to adults, but to a child, they are matters of immense importance.

wú无bìng病zì自jiǔ灸

to bring trouble to oneself by making uncalled-for moves; to ask for trouble for no reason

事情本来很简单，你却非要复杂化，这不是无病自灸吗？

The matter was originally very simple, but you insisted on complicating it. Isn't this creating trouble for yourself?

wú无bǔ补

Of no avail; to no avail; do not help the matter.

仅仅抱怨是无补于事，我们应该采取行动。

Merely complaining is of no avail; we should take action.

wú无cāi猜

innocent; without suspicion or apprehension

孩子们天真无猜的笑容，总是能融化人心。

The children's innocent and carefree smiles always melt hearts.

wú无chǎn产jiē阶jí级

The proletariat; the working class in a capitalist society who do not own the means of production and must sell their labor to survive, often exploited by the bourgeoisie.