The kanji 没 generally conveys the idea of "to sink," "to disappear," "to be lost," or "to be gone." It implies a state of ceasing to exist, becoming unavailable, or being submerged. This can relate to physical disappearance, such as something sinking in water, or a metaphorical disappearance, like something becoming obsolete or forgotten.

・On-yomi (音読み): ボツ (botsu) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ない (nai) - as in, "to be lost," "to be gone" (obsolete, rare use)

⚫︎没収 (bosshuu) Translation: Confiscation; seizure. ⚫︎没問題 (botsumondai) Translation: No problem; it's not a problem. ⚫︎沈没 (chinmotsu) Translation: Sinking (of a ship); foundering.

If the user's native language is Vietnamese, this section would be included here. (The following is an example.) Vietnamese shares a significant connection with kanji, with around 70% of Vietnamese vocabulary stemming from Sino-Vietnamese (漢越語). 没 corresponds to the Sino-Vietnamese word "没" (mất in modern Vietnamese). This character and its derived words in Vietnamese also share the same Chinese origin. Some modern Vietnamese words that use this character include: ⚫︎ mất (消失, mất mát) Translation: To lose; lost; to disappear. ⚫︎ chìm mất Translation: To sink; to be submerged.

The kanji 没 is a pictophonetic compound (形声文字, けいせいいもじ). The left side is 氵, the water radical (水, みず, meaning "water"), and the right side is 殳 (usually pronounced しゅ, shū). 殳originally depicted a weapon or hand holding a weapon, and is meant to give the phonetic and semantic indication, meaning 殳 originally represented the action. Together, they create a meaning of to sink something in water, to submerge. Over time, the meaning broadened to encompass disappearance, loss, and absence.