EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    useless; futile

    電気のために、ろうそくは我々の生活にほとんど無用になった。
    Electricity made candles of little use in our life.
  2. unnecessary; needless

  3. not on business; unrelated; unauthorised; unauthorized

  4. prohibited; banned; forbidden

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Kun
な.い
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
274 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-10, 2-8-4SKIP code
4d8.8The Kanji Dictionary
8033.1Four corner code
2340deroo
7121Unicode hex code
1-44-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2773Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3439New Nelson (John Haig)
2135New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2648Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1351Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1832Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1775Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1913Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
227A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1789Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
386Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19113Morohashi
796A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
93Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
93Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
723sakade
715Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
620henshall3
600Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
179crowley
400Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1280Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1791Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu2, mo2Pinyin reading
muKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

utilize, business, service, use, employ

Kun
もち.いる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
107 of 2500
Radical
use
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

たから

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-3, 4-5-1SKIP code
2r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3653deroo
7528Unicode hex code
1-45-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2993Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3721New Nelson (John Haig)
2976New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3694Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1181Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
193Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
110Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21703Morohashi
215A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146sakade
219Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235henshall3
116Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
177crowley
308Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1329Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yong4Pinyin reading
yongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level