Mu (negative)
In the Sinosphere, the word 無, realized in Japanese and Korean as mu and in Standard Chinese as wu, meaning 'to lack' or 'without', is a key term in the vocabulary of various East Asian philosophical and religious traditions, such as Buddhism and Taoism. == Etymology == The Old Chinese *ma (無) is cognate with the Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ma, meaning 'not'.