CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

没

 

 

7 strokes (  氵)

ㄇㄟ2, ㄇlㄛ4 (meij2, mio4)

méi, mò

 

没 = (méi) a prefix that negates 有 and some other verbs: not; have not; none; (mò) to drown, to sink; to end; to die => 氵, side-radical for 水 (radical 85) + 殳 ( radical 79), i.e. kill by water

related: 有

 

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