Japanese symbol for “scoreless”

無得点

むとくてん

Romaji: mutokuten

scoreless (game or competition)

In Japanese, scoreless is 無得点, read むとくてん (mutokuten).

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Meanings

n scoreless (game or competition)

Kanji and stroke order

無

nothingness, none, ain't

on: ム、ブ
kun: な.い

12 strokes · JLPT 2

得

gain, get, find

on: トク
kun: え.る、う.る

11 strokes · JLPT 2

点

spot, point, mark

on: テン
kun: つ.ける、つ.く、た.てる、さ.す

9 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
無料	むりょう muryou	free (of charge); gratuitous
無理	むり muri	unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
無事	ぶじ buji	safety; security; peace
無駄	むだ muda	futility; waste; uselessness
無線	むせん musen	radio (communication)
無理やり	むりやり muriyari	forcibly; by force; against one's will
取得	しゅとく shutoku	obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of)
獲得	かくとく kakutoku	acquisition; possession
視点	してん shiten	point of view; viewpoint; angle

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.