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Kanji Information Sheet for 不 ( PDF version )
English: negative non- bad ugly clumsy | On-Yomi: フ ブ | Kun-Yomi: No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 一 (いち) – one
Henshall Mnemonic: put down once, then thrice, for emphatic ""not so""
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #101 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #101 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 不味い [まずい]
(adj) (uk) unappetising; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation); ugly; unskilful; awkward; bungling; unwise; untimely [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 不利 [ふり]
(adj-na,n) disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; drawback [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不足 [ふそく]
(adj-na,n,vs) insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不幸 [ふこう]
(adj-na,n) unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不思議 [ふしぎ]
(adj-na,n) wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不自由 [ふじゆう]
(adj-na,n) (1) discomfort; inconvenience; (2) poverty; want; destitution; (3) disability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不平 [ふへい]
(adj-na,n) complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不安 [ふあん]
(adj-na,n) anxiety; uneasiness; insecurity; suspense [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不満 [ふまん]
(adj-na,n) dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不図 [ふと]
(adv) suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不可 [ふか]
(n,n-suf) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不正 [ふせい]
(adj-na,n) injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 不規則 [ふきそく]
(adj-na,n) irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不通 [ふつう]
(n) suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不潔 [ふけつ]
(adj-na,n) unclean; dirty; filthy; impure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不山戯る [ふざける]
(iK) (v1) to romp; to gambol; to frolic; to joke; to make fun of; to flirt [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不運 [ふうん]
(adj-na,n) unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; fate [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 不良 [ふりょう]
(adj-na,n) badness; delinquent; inferiority; failure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不吉 [ふきつ]
(adj-na,n) ominous; sinister; bad luck; ill omen; inauspiciousness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不調 [ふちょう]
(adj-na,n) bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不況 [ふきょう]
(adj-na,n) recession; depression; slump [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不景気 [ふけいき]
(adj-na,n) business recession; hard times; depression; gloom; sullenness; cheerlessness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不当 [ふとう]
(adj-na,n) injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不動産 [ふどうさん]
(n) real estate [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 不用意 [ふようい]
(adj-na,n) unpreparedness; carelessness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不可能 [ふかのう]
(adj-na,n) impossible [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不可避 [ふかひ]
(adj-na,n) inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不可分 [ふかぶん]
(adj-na,n) atomic; indivisibility [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不要 [ふよう]
(adj-na,n) non-business; of no use; waste (products); unnecessary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不快 [ふかい]
(adj-na,n) unpleasant; displeasure; discomfort [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不利益 [ふりえき]
(adj-na,n) disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不確か [ふたしか]
(adj-na,n) unreliable; uncertain; indefinite [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不確実 [ふかくじつ]
(adj-na,n) uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不慮 [ふりょ]
(adj-no,n) unforeseen; accidental [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不戦 [ふせん]
(n) anti-war; war renunciation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不倫 [ふりん]
(adj-na,n) adultery; immorality; impropriety [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不完全 [ふかんぜん]
(adj-na,n) imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不全 [ふぜん]
(adj-na,n) partial; incomplete; imperfect [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不相応 [ふそうおう]
(adj-na,n) unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不慣れ [ふなれ]
(adj-na,n) inexperience; lack of experience [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不和 [ふわ]
(adj-na,n) friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不器用 [ぶきよう]
(adj-na,n) awkward; clumsy; unskillfulness; lack of ability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不機嫌 [ふきげん]
(adj-na,n) pout; displeasure; ill humor; sullenness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不気味 [ぶきみ]
(adj-na,n) weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不退転 [ふたいてん]
(n) determination; conviction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不断 [ふだん]
(adj-no,adj-na,n-adv,n-t) constant; persistent; unremitting; continually; constantly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不起訴 [ふきそ]
(n) nonprosecution or indictment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不仲 [ふなか]
(adj-na,n) discord [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不朽 [ふきゅう]
(adj-no,n) everlasting; immortal; eternal; immortality; imperishable [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.