不 — Chinese character
不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
- Pinyin
- bù
- Radical
- 1 ⼀ (One)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 一
- Formation
- ideographic — A bird flying toward the sky 一
- Japanese
- 不 as a kanji
Common words with 不
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不是 | bù shi | fault; blame |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 不断 (不斷) | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted |
| 是不是 | shì bu shì | is or is not (used to form yes-no questions) |
| 不仅 (不僅) | bù jǐn | not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) |
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive; not reaching |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
English words written with 不
不 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 247 · Analects 583 · Art of War 230 · I Ching 97 · Mencius 1080 · Zhuangzi 2001 · Great Learning 52 · Doctrine of the Mean 131
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
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