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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 不 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
ふ (romaji fu)
- The hiragana syllable ふ (fu). Its equivalent in katakana is フ (fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行う段 (ha-gyō u-dan, “row ha, section u”).
Derived terms
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
Suffix
- (following the irrealis stem of verbs)
- expresses reptition
- expresses an ongoing state
Conjugation
| Stem forms | |||
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| Irrealis (未然形) | は | は | -fa |
| Continuative (連用形) | ひ | ひ | -fi |
| Terminal (終止形) | ふ | ふ | -fu |
| Attributive (連体形) | ふ | ふ | -fu |
| Realis (已然形) | へ | へ | -fe |
| Imperative (命令形) | へ | へ | -fe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | はず | はず | -fazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | へど | へど | -fedo |
| Causal conjunction | へば | へば | -feba |
| Conditional conjunction | はば | はば | -faba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | ひき | ひき | -fiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | ひけり | ひけり | -fikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | ひつ | ひつ | -fitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | ひぬ | ひぬ | -finu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | へり ひたり |
へり ひたり |
-feri -fitari |
| Volitional | はむ | はむ | -famu |
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
- 賦: fu (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry)
- 麸, 麩: wheat bran; wheat gluten; foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread
- 府: borough, urban prefecture, government office
- 負: negative, minus
- 歩: pawn