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弗

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See also: 𢎵
弗 U+5F17, 弗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F17
← 弖
[U+5F16]
CJK Unified Ideographs 弘 →
[U+5F18]

Translingual

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Stroke order (Sans-serif)

Han character

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弗 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+2, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 中中弓 (LLN), four-corner 55027, composition ⿻⿰丿丨弓)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9708
  • Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 990, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5F17

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
弗

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 弗
Shang Western Zhou
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions

Pictogram (象形) – rope wrapped around two pieces of wood to keep them straight.

Later borrowed phonetically to mean “no”. The derivative 拂 (OC *pʰɯd) stands for the original word.

Etymology 1

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not (verb) him/her/it
Fusion of 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “not”) with 之 (OC *tjɯ, “third-person pronoun”) (Schuessler, 2007). The glyph conflated with 不 (MC pjuw|pjuwX|pjut) by the Han times, due to naming taboo. Its colloquial reading survives in the latter. See etymology of 不 for more.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 弗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 分勿切
Baxter pjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/piut̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/piuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/put̚/
Li
Rong
/piuət̚/
Wang
Li
/pĭuət̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fat1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弗 弗 弗
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fú fú fú
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjut › ‹ pjut › ‹ pjut ›
Old
Chinese
/*p[u]t/ /*put/ /*put/
English (negation) gust of wind writing brush (pron. in Yān 燕, ap. Shuōwén, E. Hàn)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 弗
Reading # 1/1
No. 3313
Phonetic
component
弗
Rime
group
物
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
弗
Old
Chinese
/*pɯd/

Definitions

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弗

  1. (Classical) not correctly; not exactly; not quite
  2. not ... it/them
  3. used in 弗弗
  4. alternative form of 祓 (fú)
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to straighten; to correct
  6. Used in transcription.
    弗蘭克/弗兰克  ―  Fúlánkè  ―  Frank
    弗朗西斯  ―  Fúlǎngxīsī  ―  Francis
    弗拉基米爾/弗拉基米尔  ―  Fúlājīmǐ'ěr  ―  Vladimir
Usage notes
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  • The Gongyang Commentary says: 弗 (fú) is the deeper meaning of "not" (不). It is inherently the meaning of 矯 (jiǎo). In all classics and commentaries, when "not" (不) is used, the writing is straightforward. When 弗 (fú) is used, the writing is indirect/subtle.
  • In modern Standard Chinese, this character is almost entirely used for phonetic translations. The character mainly represents the phoneme /f/ in word-final and preconsonantal positions.
  • The characters 不 (bù) and 否 (fǒu) are far more commonly used to mean “no”.

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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弗
alternative forms 勿
伐
不

According to Pan (2002), a labiodentalized and checked variant of 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ').

In certain varieties the initial has gained voicing and in some cases caused the word shifted to yang tones, either restricted to specific syntactical positions or in all contexts.

See also 勿 (veq).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • 8veq - tonal innovation specific to urban Shanghainese, demonstrates same left-prominent tone sandhi pattern as tone 6 in chains of more than 3 character;
  • 7veq - the character sandhis as tone 7 in urban Shanghainese and most Suburban Shanghainese varieties, sometimes also realised as [βəʔ~ʋəʔ] depending on absence or presence of the /u/-/β/ merger often recognized as a shared innovation across suburban Shanghainese varieties.

    Definitions

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    弗

    1. (Wu) alternative form of 勿 (“not”)
      我弗要搭伊去! [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
      6ngu 8veq-iau5 7taq 6yi 5chi [Wugniu]
      I don't want to go with him!
      對弗起/对弗起 [Suzhounese]  ―  5te-feq7-chi3 [Wugniu]  ―  Sorry
    Synonyms
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    Usage notes
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    • 勿, 弗 and 伐 are all characters that have been popular in representing the checked and labiodentalized series of negators, generally pronounced as /fəʔ/, /vəʔ/ or both depending on the exact variety. In historical literature, the exact choice of character varied between the topolects and the preferences of individual writers.
    • In some contemporary proposals aiming to standardize cross-topolectal writing in Wu, it is preferred that the voiced variants of the negator be written with 勿 and the unvoiced variants of the negator with 弗. This is often received somewhat inconsistently, however, and the choice between the variant characters remains largely a matter of personal preference.

    Compounds

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    Etymology 3

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    Pronunciation

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    Definitions

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    弗

    1. alternative form of fit (“physically well; in good shape”)

    Etymology 4

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    For pronunciation and definitions of 弗 – see 費 (“to cost; to spend; to expend; to consume; to use; to exhaust; etc.”).
    (This character is the second-round simplified form of 費).
    Notes:

    References

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    • “弗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [The Archives of Licheng District, Putian City], editor (2022), “弗”, in 《莆仙方言文读字汇》 [A Character Collection of Literary Readings of the Puxian Topolect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 67.

    Japanese

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    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Kanji

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    弗

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. not
    2. used phonetically, such as in 弗(ふっ)素(そ) (fusso, “fluorine”)
    3. (by extension, in compounds) fluorine
    4. the dollar sign ($)

    Readings

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    • Go-on: ほち (hochi)
    • Kan-on: ふつ (futsu)
    • Kun: ドル (doru, 弗)、ず (zu, 弗)

    Etymology 1

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    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
    English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia
    弗 (futsu): a sample of chilled liquid fluorine.
    Kanji in this term
    弗
    ふつ
    Hyōgai
    kan'on

    Originally borrowed from Middle Chinese 弗 (*pjut), meaning either “not” or “a gust of wind”. Apparently later repurposed during the later Edo period for its phonetic value in translating the Dutch fluor (“fluorine”).

    Pronunciation

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    Affix

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    弗(ふつ) or 弗(フツ) • (futsu) 

    1. (chemistry, chemical elements) fluorine, fluoride
    Usage notes
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    Seldom used. In chemistry contexts, almost always spelled in katakana as フツ, appearing in most compounds as フッ.

    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    弗
    どる
    Hyōgai
    kun'yomi

    Glyph origin

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    Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $. This reading is ultimately borrowed from Dutch dollar.[1][2]

    Definitions

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    For pronunciation and definitions of 弗 – see the following entry.
    【ドル】
    [noun] a dollar (designation for specific currency)
    [proper noun] Dole, Jura (place in France)
    Alternative spelling
    ㌦
    (This term, 弗, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

    References

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    1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    弗 (eumhun 아닐 불 (anil bul))

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    2. Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $.[1]

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    弗: Hán Nôm readings: phất

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