takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. unrelated, unconnected, irrelevant, indifferent, divorced from, having nothing to do with one, being foreign to one.

takes genitive case の, noun

  1. without relations (esp. of a deceased person), having no surviving relatives.
  2. Buddhist term.unrelated to the teachings of Buddha, unable to be saved by Buddha.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
無縁 むえん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

nothingness, none, ain't
ム ブ な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ よんじゅう しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
affinity, relation, connection
エン -ネン ふち (7th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
divination
タン (Kentei 1)
pig's head radical variant (no. 58)
ケイ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)