Entry
  1. Suffix

    must not; do not

    Usually written using kana alonefrom imperative form of 無し

    物事は中途半端にするなかれ。
    Don't leave things half done.

Also written 莫れ【なかれ】毋れ【なかれ】无れ【なかれ】無かれ【なかれ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

not, must not, do not, be not

Kun
なか.れなし
On
モチブツボツ
Strokes
4
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
wrap

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Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
3-2-2, 4-4-4SKIP code
0a4.11The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
52ffUnicode hex code
1-44-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
743Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
569New Nelson (John Haig)
2943New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3661Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2547Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1049Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1128Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
110Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2501Morohashi
1058Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading