ふ

See also: ぶ and ぷ

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

Japanese
Stroke order
4 strokes

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”).
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese.

Suffix

ふ • (-fu) 

  1. (following the irrealis stem of verbs)
    1. expresses reptition
    2. expresses an ongoing state
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) はは-fa
Continuative (連用形) ひひ-fi
Terminal (終止形) ふふ-fu
Attributive (連体形) ふふ-fu
Realis (已然形) へへ-fe
Imperative (命令形) へへ-fe
Key constructions
Negative はずはず-fazu
Contrasting conjunction へどへど-fedo
Causal conjunction へばへば-feba
Conditional conjunction はばはば-faba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) ひきひき-fiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) ひけりひけり-fikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) ひつひつ-fitu
Perfect tense (natural event) ひぬひぬ-finu
Perfect-continuative tense へり
ひたり		へり
ひたり		-feri
-fitari
Volitional はむはむ-famu
Derived terms

Noun

ふ • (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
  5. 歩: pawn

Prefix

ふ • (fu-) 

  1. 不: un-, non-, in-
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