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U+3075, ふ
HIRAGANA LETTER HU

[U+3074]
Hiragana
[U+3076]

JapaneseEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

SyllableEdit

(romaji 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).
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old Japanese.

SuffixEdit

(-fu

  1. (following the irrealis stem of verbs)
    1. expresses repetition
    2. expresses an ongoing state
ConjugationEdit
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Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

(fu

  1. : fu (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry)
  2. , : wheat bran; wheat gluten; foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread
  3. : borough, urban prefecture, government office
  4. : negative, minus
  5. : pawn

PrefixEdit

(fu-

  1. : un-, non-, in-