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U+3075, ふ
HIRAGANA LETTER HU

[U+3074]
Hiragana
[U+3076]

Japanese edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable edit

(fu

  1. The hiragana syllable (fu). Its equivalent in katakana is (fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is (ha-gyō u-dan, row ha, section u).
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Japanese. Possibly a contraction of the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of verbs and 合ふ (afu). Alternatively from (fu).[1]

Suffix edit

(-fu

  1. (following the irrealis stem of verbs)
    1. expresses repetition
    2. expresses an ongoing state
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
S
[noun] fu (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry)
H
[noun] wheat bran
[noun] wheat gluten
[noun] foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread
Alternative spelling
4
[noun] The prefectural governments of Osaka and Kyoto.
3
[noun] (mathematics) negativity, being negative (less than zero)
[noun] (physics) negativity, being negative (of electrical charge of an electron)
[noun] negativity, being negative (bad, pessimistic)
2
[noun] (shogi) pawn (short for 歩兵 (fuhyō))
4
[prefix] un-, non-, in-
[prefix] bad, poor
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふ.)

References edit

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000