无论
wúlùn · HSK 4
no matter what/how/etc.
无论 = without + discuss; 'without discussion' → no matter what
无 means 'without/no' and 论 means 'discuss/argue'. Together: 'without further discussion' → regardless of conditions. Often paired with 都 later in the sentence: 无论…都… = no matter…, (still)…
无 — top 一 + 林-like middle + fire radical 灬 below
Originally a pictograph of a person dancing while holding ornaments or tassels, meaning 'to dance' — the ancestor of 舞. It was borrowed phonetically to write the negative 'not have / without,' and the dance meaning was reassigned to 舞 with an added foot element. The simplified form 无 comes from an ancient variant.