| Kanji | 不 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 一 |
| 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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