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Bad Depression Discontent Irregularity Negative Radical Clumsy Recession

Kanji
Onyomi フ、ブ
English negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Examples 不況(ふきょう): recession; depression; slump
不安(ふあん): anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense
不足(ふそく): insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth
不動産(ふどうさん): real estate
不満(ふまん): dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled
不明(ふめい): unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; ignorant; lack of wisdom; anonymous; unidentified
不振(ふしん): dullness; depression; slump; stagnation
不正(ふせい): injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud
不当(ふとう): injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
不在(ふざい): absence
不良(ふりょう): badness; inferiority; delinquency; failure; defect; blemish
不可欠(ふかけつ): indispensable; essential
不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.)
不幸(ふこう): unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death
不利(ふり): disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; unfavourable; drawback
不審(ふしん): incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness; infidelity
不服(ふふく): dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement
不景気(ふけいき): business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness
不思議(ふしぎ): wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity
不可(ふか): (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable (2) failing grade
不規則(ふきそく): irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
不通(ふつう): suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
不運(ふうん): unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; fate
不順(ふじゅん): irregularity; unseasonableness
不便(ふべん): inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
不調(ふちょう): bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form
不意(ふい): sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
不平(ふへい): complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction
不潔(ふけつ): unclean; dirty; filthy; impure
不吉(ふきつ): ominous; sinister; bad luck; ill omen; inauspiciousness
不評(ふひょう): bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
不味い(まずい): (1) unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) (2) unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy (3) ugly; homely; plain; unattractive (4) awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise
不図(ふと): suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
不便(ふびん): pity; compassion
不(ふ): un-; non-; negative prefix
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 101
Components 一: one; one radical (no.1)
丿: katakana no radical (no. 4)
丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 1
Radical Strokes 1
Radical Reading いち
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 仮借 Loan
Keyword negative
Koohii Story 1 [Smithsonian] Scene: Mr. T hanging from the ceiling being tortured. He is asked if he is going to talk. Spitting (a drop of saliva) in the torturer´s face, he says "Negative".
Koohii Story 2 One below zero is a negative number.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade4, kanjifreq1-250

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