• 万(ten thousand; scorpion shape)

An ancient scorpion shape now means the vast number of ten thousand.

• 衣(clothes; garment)
• 里(inside; lining)

The inner lining hidden inside a garment is the concealed inner face.

• 一(one; initial)
• 尢(disabled person; insufficient)

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.

• 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))
• 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)

Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.

• 万(ten thousand; scorpion shape)

An ancient scorpion shape now means the vast number of ten thousand.

• 衣(clothes; garment)
• 里(inside; lining)

The inner lining hidden inside a garment is the concealed inner face.

• 一(one; initial)
• 尢(disabled person; insufficient)

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.

• 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))
• 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)

Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.