ふ

See also: ぶ and ぷ

ふ U+3075, ふ
HIRAGANA LETTER HU
← ぴ
[U+3074] 		Hiragana ぶ →
[U+3076]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝ]
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Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 不 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

ふ (romaji fu)

  1. The hiragana syllable ふ (fu). Its equivalent in katakana is フ (fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行う段 (ha-gyō u-dan, “row ha, section u”).
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Etymology 2

Noun

ふ (rōmaji fu)

  1. 賦: fu (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry)
  2. 麸, 麩: wheat bran; wheat gluten; foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread
  3. 府: borough, urban prefecture, government office
  4. 負: negative, minus

Prefix

ふ (rōmaji fu-)

  1. 不: un-, non-, in-
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