不
不 — bul, bu
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 아닐 불, 아닐 부
- Romanization
- bul, bu
- English
- no, not; un-; negative prefix
- Mandarin
- bù
- Japanese on'yomi
- フ, ブ, フツ, フウ, ヒ, ホツ, ホチ, ブチ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- いなや
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #101 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 (1, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+4E0D
Parts that make up 不
Korean example words with 不
- 불용不用 Korean gloss: 쓰지 않음
- 불능不能 Korean gloss: 할 수 없음
- 불원不願 Korean gloss: 원하지 않음
- 부전不全 Korean gloss: 완전하지 않음
- 불순不順 Korean gloss: 순조롭지 못함
- 부동不同 Korean gloss: 서로 같지 않음
- 부정不定 Korean gloss: 일정하지 아니함
- 불찬不贊 Korean gloss: 찬성하지 아니함
- 불행不幸 Korean gloss: 행복하지 아니함
- 불원不遠 Korean gloss: 거리가 멀지 않음
- 불충不忠 Korean gloss: 충성스럽지 아니함
- 부당不當 Korean gloss: 이치에 맞지 아니함
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 不
- 不況ふきょう (economic) depression; recession; slump
- 不安ふあん anxiety; uneasiness; worry
- 不足ふそく insufficiency; deficiency; shortage
- 不満ふまん dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
- 不明ふめい unclear; obscure; indistinct
- 不動産ふどうさん real estate
- 不信ふしん distrust; mistrust; disbelief
- 心不全しんふぜん heart failure
- 不振ふしん dullness; slump; stagnation
- 不正ふせい injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing
- 不透明ふとうめい opaque; obscure; murky
- 不全ふぜん partial; incomplete; imperfect
Characters sharing the phonetic 不
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “불”
Other hanja with radical 一
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