漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
否: negate, no
Also: noes, refuse, decline, deny
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 不 gives the sound
7 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 否定形ひていけいnegative form
- 賛否さんぴyes and no, for and against
- 安否あんぴsafety, welfare, well-being
- 否定するひていするdeny, negate, repudiate
- 否認するひにんするdeny, negate, disclaim, disavow
- 否決するひけつするreject, vote down
- 拒否するきょひするreject, deny, veto, refuse
いなina · kun'yomi · on its own
- 否むいなむrefuse, deny, decline
- 否めないいなめないundeniable
Also read いや, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)不 not (sound) + 口 mouth (meaning)
Similar to 咅.
Source: Wiktionary, 否 (rev. 93560402), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side否 negate · 不
vs向 yonder · 丿 + 冂In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fǒu
Same form: 否 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 否 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 否 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fǒu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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