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  Mu Kanji (無): Nothingness, the Zen Kōan, and No-Mind

  By K. Yama ·

  Updated: 13 Jun, 2026

  無 (mu) means nothing — yet it began as a dancer, and became Zen's most famous kōan. The strangest origin story in the kanji, and how to write it.

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