Word Meaning 無常

むじょう mujou

無常 is read as むじょう (mujou) and means uncertainty.

Meaning

English

  1. uncertainty
  2. transiency
  3. impermanence
  4. mutability

Reading

Kana

むじょう

Romaji

mujou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 常住 Rank 19383 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

無常感

むじょうかん

sense of the vanity of life

無常の風

むじょうのかぜ

wind of impermanence (that ends people lives, like the wind scattering a flower's petals)

無常鳥

むじょうちょう

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

火宅無常

かたくむじょう

impermanent (like a burning house)

諸行無常

しょぎょうむじょう

all things must pass

無人

むじん

shorthandedness

無茶

むちゃ

rash

無理

むり

impossible

無料

むりょう

free (of charge)

無事

ぶじ

good health

無職

むしょく

without an occupation