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

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

否 (jyutping fau2, pei2, Yale fau2, pei2)

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Japanese

Kanji

否 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: 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)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

否 (pinyin fǒu (fou3), pǐ (pi3), Wade-Giles fou³, p'i³)

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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Middle Chinese

Han character

否 (biǒu, pǝ́w)

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Min Nan

Han character

否 (phí (phi2), hó· (hou2))

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Vietnamese

Han character

否 (bĩ, phủ, phầu)

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