Where does “無理” come from?

無理 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 無 — nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither...

無理 (Japanese): cannot, impossible, incapable; irrational,...

Definitions

  1. cannot, impossible, incapable; irrational,...

Ancestry of “無理”, step by step

無理 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 無

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese無nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither...

via Japanese 理

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese理reason, logic

Words derived from “無理”

Every word from Japanese 無 →