否

See also: 咅

Translingual

Etymology

See: 不

Han character

否 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一火口 (MFR), four-corner 1060₉, composition ⿱不口)

1. not, no, negative
2. final particle
3. 12th hexagram of the I Ching

References

• KangXi: page 178, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3340
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 586, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5426

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		否

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǒu, pǐ (fou³, pi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ, ㄆㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau², pei²
• Min Nan (POJ): hóⁿ / phí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fou³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: foou
    • IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯²¹⁴/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau², pei²
    • Yale: fáu, péi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau², pei²
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯³⁵/, /pʰei̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ / phí
    • Tâi-lô: hónn / phí
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃⁴¹/, /pʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃⁵³/, /pʰi⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (否, reconstructed)
Character (否), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 符鄙切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/biɪX/	/bʱiX/	/biX/	/biX/	/biX/	/biX/	/bjɪX/
Character (否), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 方久切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɨuX/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/piuX/	/piuX/	/puwX/	/pĭəuX/	/piəuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (否, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
否								fǒu								‹ pjuwX ›								/*pəʔ/								not
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
否					1022					不					之					0					否					/*brɯʔ/
否					1028					不					之					0					缶					/*pɯʔ/

Compounds

fǒu

• 否定
• 否定之否定
• 否决
• 否决权
• 否认
• 否则

pǐ

• 否极泰来

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Japanese

Kanji

否

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: び (bi), ふ (fu)
• Kan’on: ひ (hi), ふう (fū)
• Kun: いな (ina), いなむ (inamu), いや (iya), あらず (arazu)

Compounds

否運 (ひうん, hiun) 否決 (ひけつ, hiketsu) 否塞 (ひそく, hisoku)

否泰 (ひたい, hitai) 否定 (ひてい, hitei) 否認 (ひにん, hinin)

否応 (いやおう, iyaō)

Interjection

否 (hiragana いな, romaji ina)

1. no
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説:

     結局 (けっきょく)、行動 (こうどう)するか否 (いな)かはイスラエル人 (じん)とパレスティナ人次第 (じんしだい)である。

     kekkyoku, kōdō suru ka ina ka wa isuraeru-jin to paresutina-jin shidai de aru.

     Now, ultimately, it is up to the Israelis and Palestinians to take action.

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Korean

Hanja

否 (bu, bi) (hangeul 부, 비, revised bu, bi, McCune-Reischauer pu, pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

否 (bĩ, phủ, phầu)

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Readings

• Nôm: bí, bĩ, phủ

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999