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勿 = ノ + 勹

勿 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “not”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 勹 (bound up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1128. It appears as a component in 7 other characters in this index.

Keyword

not

RTK frame

1128

Strokes

4

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

モチ, ブツ, ボツ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

なか.れ, なし

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

piglet’s tail, knot, не, wing

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

勿 must not

Decomposition

Characters that contain 勿

• 物 thing
• 易 easy
• 瘍 carbuncle
• 吻 sides of the mouth
• 忽 instantaneously
• 黎 tenebrous
• 昜 piggy bank

How to find 勿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “bound up”. 勿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 勿 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.