無序

简 无序 · 繁 無序
Mandarin · pinyin wú xù

Meanings

  1. disorderly
  2. irregular
  3. lack of order
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序
xù · series, serial order, sequence
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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2–4 · wu2 xu4

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adj

  1. disorderly; without order

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