Radical 80


Radical 80 or radical do not meaning "mother" or "do not" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals composed of 4 strokes. Chinese characters with a similar component "mother" may also be classified under this radical.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters to be found under this radical.
毋 is also the 99th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In the Hokkien language, 毋 is often used to represent the negation particle, spelled m̄ in Peh-oe-ji and Tai-lo.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a second grade kanji.