Chinese Character 否 Meanings and components.

Form

否

Meaning

否 meaning[3] in English

To Negate.

To Deny.

Not.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 否 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (negative prefix) (不) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with MFR

How to write 否

To write否fou3to negate you should write a combination of 不bu4(negative prefix) , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

不 + 口 = 否

否 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 否 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 否, looks as follow:

否
Pinyin:fou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Negate . To Deny . Not
不
Pinyin:bu4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: (Negative Prefix) . Not . No
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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