旡

jì

radical variant

Meanings

1 alarm/turn-away radical (variant of 无)
2 right form of the not-have radical, Kangxi #71

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usage

旡 is a rare positional variant of 无 (not / without), absorbed into that radical for indexing purposes. It surfaces as a four-stroke right-side component in only a handful of characters and never appears as a standalone word in modern Chinese.

history

Exact origin uncertain - 旡 is usually described as depicting a person turning their head away or refusing food, but the etymology is contested. What is verifiable: traditional dictionaries fold 旡 under radical 无, treating it as the right-position form of the same indexing category.

usage

Rarely encountered outside specialist contexts. The clearest example is 既 (already), originally a person turning from a food vessel; also visible in 暨 (and / up to). Spotting 旡 on the right hints at completion or turning-away.

Radical

Not Have Kangxi #71

The simplified form of 無, originally a pictograph of a dancer holding tassels - borrowed early to write the negation 'not have'. As an indexing radical it organizes characters using the variant form 旡 (a person looking back, choking) such as 既 (already) and 暨 (and / up to).

Forms

无 wú

Default 1 characters

旡 jì

Right 1 characters

Used in

Showing 1 of 1 · right form 旡 of 无

既 jì

already · since

Stroke Order