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不

Not
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingフ、ブ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 4Level 4

Verbs with «不»

不足する

Meanings

  1. not
  2. bad
  3. clumsy
  4. negativeRtK
  5. non-
  6. ugly
  1. un-

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (ふ)
負 · negative

Popular Usage

不便

Radicals and components

Radical一one
Components
How it's built
不
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

one (一) · ceiling (冖) · person (人) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1302

Compound words

不便ふべん
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
不始末ふしまつ
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement
不運なふうんな
unlucky
不便なふべんな
inconvenient
不倫罪ふりんざい
(crime of) adultery
不親切なふしんせつな
unkind
不足するふそくする
to be short of
不安ふあん
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear
不意ふい
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
不運ふうん
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
不穏ふおん
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled
不可ふか
wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable
不快ふかい
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
不吉ふきつ
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
不朽ふきゅう
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying
不況ふきょう
(economic) depression; recession; slump
不屈ふくつ
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
不潔ふけつ
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy; indecent
不孝ふこう
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
不幸ふこう
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident
不在ふざい
absence; disregard; indifference
不作ふさく
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
不純ふじゅん
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
不順ふじゅん
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal

On Reading Examples

電話がないのは不便なことだ。ふべん
Not having a telephone is an inconvenience.tatoeba
私は田舎生活の不便さは我慢できない。ふべん
I can't bear the inconvenience of country life.tatoeba
経営者は、ビル工事でお客に不便な思いをさせていることを申し訳なく思っている。ふべん
The management regrets any inconvenience to customers caused by the building work.tatoeba
近代的な港湾施設がないために、多くの船積み業者が不便を被った。ふべん
The lack of modern post facilities caused trouble for many shippers.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は片方の目が不自由だ。
He is blind in one eye.tatoeba
彼は部下の不始末を見つけた。
He detected his men's misconduct.tatoeba
彼は部屋が狭すぎると不平を言っている。
He complains of the room being so small.tatoeba
彼は不良仲間とぐるになっていた。
He fell into bad company.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Not. A bird flying up and away, not coming back — 'no'.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 不

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