不 — kanji meaning “negative”
不
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
- Meanings
- negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)、ブ (bu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #101 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 1
- Chinese reading
- bù, bú — Chinese character page
Words with 不
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不明 | ふめい fumei | unclear; obscure; indistinct |
| 不安 | ふあん fuan | anxiety; uneasiness; worry |
| 不足 | ふそく fusoku | insufficiency; deficiency; shortage |
| 不満 | ふまん fuman | dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure |
| 不可能 | ふかのう fukanou | impossible |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ fushigi | wonderful; marvelous; strange |
| 不正 | ふせい fusei | injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing |
| 不動産 | ふどうさん fudousan | real estate |
| 不要 | ふよう fuyou | unnecessary; unneeded |
| 不良 | ふりょう furyou | bad; poor; inferior |
| 不幸 | ふこう fukou | unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune |
| 不安定 | ふあんてい fuantei | instability; insecurity; crankiness |
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