Read Edit View history Discussion 否 fǒupǐ HSK3 not Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally the same character as 不. Distinguishing component 口 was added later to the character when it took on the meaning "not". 不 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas fǒu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 否 Simp strokes 否 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Added later when the character started to mean "not" and to distinguish from 不. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 否 Simp strokes 否 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 否 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 207, 705 ], [ 260, 695 ], [ 490, 732 ], [ 774, 759 ], [ 825, 752 ], [ 861, 739 ] ], [ [ 529, 712 ], [ 553, 680 ], [ 554, 669 ], [ 485, 579 ], [ 417, 507 ], [ 308, 415 ], [ 234, 362 ], [ 117, 303 ] ], [ [ 458, 638 ], [ 494, 582 ], [ 486, 401 ], [ 491, 337 ] ], [ [ 636, 528 ], [ 750, 484 ], [ 842, 439 ], [ 877, 411 ], [ 899, 377 ] ], [ [ 299, 279 ], [ 336, 249 ], [ 341, 234 ], [ 387, -7 ] ], [ [ 373, 271 ], [ 388, 258 ], [ 634, 301 ], [ 661, 303 ], [ 682, 294 ], [ 715, 259 ], [ 676, 138 ], [ 645, 116 ] ], [ [ 406, 73 ], [ 429, 61 ], [ 633, 84 ], [ 688, 83 ], [ 720, 72 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 572 717 Q 635 721 848 722 Q 870 722 875 732 Q 882 745 863 760 Q 806 803 764 795 Q 622 765 210 716 Q 188 715 204 695 Q 237 662 281 672 Q 404 705 523 713 L 572 717 Z", "M 532 589 Q 565 628 588 645 Q 609 666 572 717 C 555 742 527 743 523 713 Q 523 712 524 708 Q 524 692 487 631 L 461 595 Q 446 579 434 562 Q 391 513 317 452 Q 229 379 119 313 Q 112 309 109 302 Q 108 296 114 295 Q 145 292 253 353 Q 256 356 259 357 Q 349 412 466 520 L 532 589 Z", "M 466 520 Q 466 469 456 416 Q 452 398 459 368 Q 469 337 479 327 Q 495 312 506 337 Q 519 374 519 415 Q 513 571 532 589 C 534 593 507 609 487 631 Q 477 644 461 651 Q 451 652 448 646 Q 444 636 447 626 Q 453 611 461 595 L 466 520 Z", "M 641 507 Q 740 458 862 379 Q 884 363 902 361 Q 911 362 916 375 Q 926 393 901 436 Q 867 499 634 540 Q 624 544 624 530 Q 627 515 641 507 Z", "M 363 275 Q 350 282 309 289 Q 296 293 291 287 Q 284 280 294 262 Q 328 183 349 57 Q 352 20 373 -7 Q 394 -32 400 -14 Q 407 5 405 38 L 399 79 Q 378 196 374 237 C 371 267 370 272 363 275 Z", "M 698 105 Q 731 213 770 239 Q 791 261 774 283 Q 756 298 689 331 Q 668 340 645 331 Q 537 294 363 275 C 333 272 344 232 374 237 Q 384 238 398 241 Q 510 257 617 275 Q 645 279 655 268 Q 667 258 664 235 Q 654 166 637 111 C 629 82 689 76 698 105 Z", "M 405 38 Q 409 38 416 38 Q 510 54 715 60 Q 728 61 730 71 Q 731 81 698 105 C 681 118 667 116 637 111 Q 504 89 399 79 C 369 76 375 38 405 38 Z" ] } 7 strokes 否 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 205, 708 ], [ 269, 697 ], [ 773, 759 ], [ 869, 748 ] ], [ [ 531, 719 ], [ 555, 668 ], [ 463, 554 ], [ 314, 420 ], [ 117, 299 ] ], [ [ 454, 642 ], [ 492, 581 ], [ 491, 328 ] ], [ [ 631, 531 ], [ 834, 444 ], [ 909, 368 ] ], [ [ 296, 282 ], [ 338, 249 ], [ 386, -16 ] ], [ [ 362, 264 ], [ 676, 299 ], [ 728, 256 ], [ 663, 95 ] ], [ [ 394, 65 ], [ 724, 74 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M572,717C613,721 706,722 848,722C862,723 871,726 875,732C879,741 875,751 863,760C825,789 791,801 764,795C669,776 484,748 210,716C195,715 192,708 204,695C225,673 251,665 281,672C363,694 470,709 523,713C556,716 556,716 572,717Z", "M526,583C549,608 573,633 588,645C603,658 596,683 572,717C564,731 523,729 523,713C525,700 519,674 491,635C468,604 468,604 457,589C432,556 366,493 317,452C258,404 192,357 119,313C114,311 110,307 109,302C107,299 110,296 114,295C134,293 181,312 253,353C255,355 257,356 259,357C319,394 392,444 466,520C506,562 506,562 526,583Z", "M466,520C463,487 463,452 456,416C453,404 453,388 459,368C464,348 472,334 479,327C489,317 499,320 506,337C515,362 519,388 519,415C515,519 527,567 526,583C524,610 504,625 491,635C479,644 472,649 461,651C454,653 449,651 448,646C445,640 444,633 447,626C450,616 453,605 457,589C463,558 467,535 466,520Z", "M641,507C706,474 781,433 862,379C877,369 889,362 902,361C908,361 912,367 916,375C922,388 917,407 901,436C877,478 789,512 634,540C626,542 623,540 624,530C625,520 631,512 641,507Z", "M363,275C354,280 336,284 309,289C300,291 294,291 291,287C286,283 288,275 294,262C317,210 336,142 349,57C352,33 358,11 373,-7C386,-23 395,-25 400,-14C404,-1 408,17 405,38C401,65 401,65 399,79C387,158 376,210 374,237C372,250 375,270 363,275Z", "M698,105C720,177 745,220 770,239C785,252 786,270 774,283C763,295 733,310 689,331C675,338 660,337 645,331C573,306 479,288 363,275C350,273 361,235 374,237C380,238 388,240 398,241C472,253 545,264 617,275C635,278 647,275 655,268C662,261 666,251 664,235C657,189 648,148 637,111C629,92 694,85 698,105Z", "M405,38C502,48 578,56 715,60C723,61 729,65 730,71C731,78 720,89 698,105C680,116 657,114 637,111C548,97 469,86 399,79C385,76 391,35 405,38Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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.