勿 – vocab dash

Keyword

must not

not
do not
be not

Strokes: 4
Grade: 9
Heisig: 1128

Readings

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Mnemonic

Dieting, you stare at grilled ribs sealed in a plastic wrapper; each slash left by your fingernails marks a failed attempt, because you must not eat them.

Stroke order

Composed of

勹plastic wrapper 丿slash left 丿slash left

Used in kanji

物thing 易easy 笏mace 匆be flustered 刎decapitate 吻sides of the mouth 囫entire 沕deep 豕wild pig 忽instantaneously 歾drown 昜light of the sun 脗coinciding

Used in vocabulary

勿もち論ろん

of course; certainly; naturally

Adverb

勿もっ体たいない

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of; impious; profane; sacrilegious

I-adjective

勿もっ体たい

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

Noun

勿なかれ

must not; do not

Suffix

勿まな

must not; may not

Adverb

勿忘草わすれなぐさ

forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)

Noun

勿もっ体たいぶる

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

Godan verb

勿もっ怪けの幸さいわい

windfall; piece of good luck

Expression