HSK 3

(fǒu): not, no, negative

fǒu

not, no, negative

Pinyin

fǒu

HSK Level

Level 3

Characters

1

English Meaning

not, no, negative

How to Write (fǒu)

is written in 7 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.

  1. 1
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Origin of

A phono-semantic compound: 不 (no) carries the meaning, and 口 hints at the pronunciation.

What is Made Of

is built from 2 components:

no, not, un-
mouth

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Words Using

Common Chinese words that contain :

否决

fǒujué

否则

fǒuzé

否定

fǒudìng

否认

fǒurèn

是否

shìfǒu

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