Read Edit View history 不 bù HSK1 no Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas bù ×bu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 不 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 187, 667 ], [ 251, 651 ], [ 473, 690 ], [ 771, 730 ], [ 840, 720 ], [ 868, 709 ], [ 879, 698 ] ], [ [ 568, 677 ], [ 601, 633 ], [ 527, 510 ], [ 451, 416 ], [ 369, 331 ], [ 300, 273 ], [ 168, 187 ], [ 115, 161 ] ], [ [ 459, 548 ], [ 477, 527 ], [ 506, 472 ], [ 509, 231 ], [ 498, 73 ], [ 503, -13 ] ], [ [ 632, 417 ], [ 751, 340 ], [ 825, 284 ], [ 863, 245 ], [ 884, 200 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 606 682 Q 630 694 746 694 Q 878 694 880 695 Q 880 696 882 697 Q 889 710 877 722 Q 804 782 746 759 Q 467 702 200 680 Q 193 681 188 680 Q 175 679 174 668 Q 173 655 192 642 Q 210 630 241 619 Q 251 615 270 624 Q 337 646 474 667 Q 504 673 560 677 L 606 682 Z", "M 560 677 Q 559 677 560 676 Q 561 649 550 612 Q 528 567 504 528 L 470 480 Q 463 473 457 464 Q 399 388 333 332 Q 269 274 111 165 Q 101 161 112 156 Q 157 156 322 262 Q 409 329 484 417 L 539 483 Q 635 609 644 615 Q 654 621 652 632 Q 651 644 639 658 Q 624 674 606 682 C 580 697 561 707 560 677 Z", "M 504 528 Q 489 550 466 559 Q 454 560 450 553 Q 444 544 470 480 L 484 417 Q 490 222 461 87 Q 448 38 485 -17 Q 486 -20 490 -23 Q 511 -41 523 -11 Q 539 35 539 86 Q 529 386 536 454 Q 540 472 539 483 C 539 486 523 505 504 528 Z", "M 632 397 Q 731 321 850 208 Q 868 189 884 184 Q 894 184 901 195 Q 913 210 897 255 Q 873 327 631 429 Q 621 435 620 421 Q 620 406 632 397 Z" ] } 4 strokes 不 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 178, 667 ], [ 244, 651 ], [ 784, 730 ], [ 881, 709 ] ], [ [ 567, 682 ], [ 601, 628 ], [ 448, 415 ], [ 297, 278 ], [ 117, 161 ] ], [ [ 534, 483 ], [ 508, 412 ], [ 496, -24 ] ], [ [ 535, 445 ], [ 798, 290 ], [ 894, 190 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M606,682C672,690 718,693 750,694C817,697 876,692 882,697C891,708 884,717 877,722C827,765 786,770 746,759C627,730 404,698 230,683C212,682 199,683 188,680C179,679 174,676 174,668C173,660 176,652 192,642C244,612 237,616 270,624C378,653 489,670 560,677C591,680 591,680 606,682Z", "M560,677C557,611 525,557 489,507C386,365 238,254 111,165C105,161 101,156 112,156C162,156 373,285 484,417C521,461 521,461 539,483C579,532 618,595 644,615C649,620 652,627 652,632C650,642 647,650 639,658C629,670 618,677 606,682C591,687 560,692 560,677Z", "M484,417C491,288 481,177 461,87C453,55 458,19 485,-17C498,-35 513,-32 523,-11C536,20 540,53 539,86C534,253 530,376 534,422C535,442 535,442 536,452C537,465 538,475 539,483C545,511 484,446 484,417Z", "M534,422C600,372 736,290 846,208C859,198 872,187 884,184C889,183 897,188 903,195C910,206 912,242 865,286C806,343 669,396 536,452C527,456 526,428 534,422Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.