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

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

• 糸(thread; silk)
• 泉(stream; water)

A thin thread flows like a small stream running long and continuously.

• 曰(speak; bright cloud)
• 乚(lightning bolt; hook stroke (downward))

A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!

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

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

• 糸(thread; silk)
• 泉(stream; water)

A thin thread flows like a small stream running long and continuously.

• 曰(speak; bright cloud)
• 乚(lightning bolt; hook stroke (downward))

A flash of lightning bursts bright through the clouds—that is electricity itself!