Keyword
nothing
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1913
Readings
(67%)
(20%)
(10%)
むっ
(1%)
Composed of
cow head
fourty
one
fire sparks
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a cage with nothing in it that is roasted over open fire. Why would you roast an empty cage? Well, you wouldn't! The cage originaly wasn't empty... it contained people. And they were being prepared for a feast by a bunch of cannibals. But they escaped!

Used in kanji (5 in total)
petting
disappointment
turnip
indeed
Used in vocabulary (1748 in total)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
disregarding; ignoring
Examples (200 in total)
No, that's impossible.
That job is impossible for me to do.
It's impossible.