無事

ぶじ

safely, peacefully

Mnemonic

Everything burnt away to nothing, and a matter to deal with: so no matters at all, which is the entire point. Boo ぶ, gee じ, you are home and the budgie is still alive: ぶじ.

Worth knowing

無事に is safely. It means nothing went wrong, not that nothing happened.

Built from

無

nothing, without

A thicket of strokes over 灬 fire, the lot of it burnt away to nothing.

事

thing, matter

A hand gripping a banner, an affair being conducted, not an object.

Words sharing these kanji

無い nonexistent, not being 無理 unreasonable, impossible 無くなる to be lost, to be used up 無視 ignoring, disregarding 無駄 wasteful, useless 無し naught, nothing, without 無言 silence, muteness 事 thing, incident 仕事 work, job 大事 important, precious 事実 fact, truth 事件 affair, case

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