無何有

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	何	有
む Grade: 4	か Grade: 2	う Grade: 3
goon	kan'on	goon

Kanji in this term
無	何	有
む Grade: 4	か Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 3
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 無何有 (MC mju ha hjuwX, literally “nothing exists”), from the chapter 逍遙遊 of Zhuangzi.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むかう [mùkáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ka̠ɯ̟]

(Tokyo) むかゆう [mùkáꜜyùù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ka̠jɯ̟ː]

Noun

無(む)何(か)有(う) or 無(む)何(か)有(ゆう) • (mukau or mukayū) ^{←むかいう (mukaiu)^?}

(literary, attributive) a state of pure naturality, free from artifice

See also

無(む)何(か)有(う)の郷(さと) (mukau no sato)