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不

JLPT N4 SL4 4 strokes Frequency: #101

Meanings

Negative, Non-, Bad, Ugly, Clumsy

Radicals

一

Decomposition

⿱一？

Etymology

Ideographic: A bird flying toward the sky 一

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

フ fu

ブ bu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

1132 words total

Other (20 words)

堅忍不抜けんにんふばつ

indomitable perseverance

健康不安けんこうふあん

poor health

原因不明げんいんふめい

cause unknown

口不調法くちぶちょうほう

inarticulate

行方不明者ゆくえふめいしゃ

missing person

行方不明ゆくえふめい

missing (of a person)

七不思議ななふしぎ

seven wonders (of a particular area)

出不精でぶしょう

stay-at-home

順序不同じゅんじょふどう

(listed in) no particular order

食糧不足しょくりょうぶそく

food shortage

寝不足ねぶそく

lack of sleep

心不全しんふぜん

heart failure

人事不省じんじふせい

unconsciousness

人手不足ひとでぶそく

labour shortage

睡眠不足すいみんぶそく

lack of sleep

前後不覚ぜんごふかく

unconsciousness

前方不注意ぜんぽうふちゅうい

not watching where one is driving

直立不動ちょくりつふどう

standing at attention

難攻不落なんこうふらく

impregnable

過不足かふそく

excess or deficiency

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