否 · fǒu
not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
- Mandarin
- fǒu
- Cantonese
- fau2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 否 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ヒ フ ビ フウ いな あらず いなや しからず いなむKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 부
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5426
- Radical
- 口 · 30
- Strokes
- 7 · Unihan
- Residual
- 4
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
7 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 否
Character connections
1 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.
Component roles · attributed
- 不 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
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Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- bijX · 符鄙 反切 · #1272
- Middle Chinese
- pjuwX · 方久 反切 · #1938
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 9305 · bijX = 止開三上脂並 · pjuwX = 流開三上尤幫
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- fǒu
- kCantonese
- fau2
- kDefinition
- not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
- kTotalStrokes
- 7
- kRSUnicode
- 30.4
- kGradeLevel
- 5
- kTGH
- 2013:703
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- fǒu,pǐ 10586.050
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- fǒu 0333.010 · pǐ 0869.070
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- fǒu 099.030 · pǐ 281.180
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- fǒu(230)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- fǒu粵fau2 pǐ粵pei2
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 符鄙 方久
- Kangxi positions
- 0178.020
- Guangyun positions
- 249.33 323.07
- GSR references
- 0999e
- Cangjie
- MFR
- Four-corner
- 1060.9