Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 不 【フ】 un-, non-, negative prefix
  • 不安 【フアン】 anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
  • 意味不 【イミフ】 of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
  • 社不 【シャフ】 person unfit for society, misfit
  • 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
  • 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4, bu2
Korean:
bu, bul

Spanish

  • prefijo negativo: in-
  • des-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo
  • negativa
  • não
  • feia
  • ruim
  • deselegante

French

  • négation
  • non
  • mauvais
  • laid
  • maladroit
500 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
600 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
572 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
17 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
130 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
104 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
94 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
94 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
10 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1225 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19 Morohashi
3434 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13 New Nelson (John Haig)
1217 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3154 2001 Kanji
0a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
3-2-2 SKIP code
1090.0 Four corner code
1-41-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0d Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祥 【ショウ】 omen (usu. good), (auspicious) sign, first two anniversaries of a person's death
  • 祥雲 【ショウウン】 auspicious cloud
  • 瑞祥 【ズイショウ】 auspicious sign, good omen
  • 清祥 【セイショウ】 happiness and health

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 さか、 さち、 ひろ、 まさ、 やす、 ゆき、 よし、 あきら、 さき、 さむ、 ただ、 なか、 なが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • suerte
  • buen augurio

Portuguese

  • auspicioso
  • felicidade
  • bons auspícios

French

  • bon présage
  • prometteur
  • bonheur
1398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1549 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3246 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1562 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1578 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1074 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1576 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1424 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1097 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24689P Morohashi
948 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4090 New Nelson (John Haig)
1088 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1373 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
655 2001 Kanji
4e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
3825.1 Four corner code
1-30-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7965 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 不 【フ】 un-, non-, negative prefix
  • 不安 【フアン】 anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
  • 意味不 【イミフ】 of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
  • 社不 【シャフ】 person unfit for society, misfit
  • 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
  • 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4, bu2
Korean:
bu, bul

Spanish

  • prefijo negativo: in-
  • des-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo
  • negativa
  • não
  • feia
  • ruim
  • deselegante

French

  • négation
  • non
  • mauvais
  • laid
  • maladroit
500 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
600 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
572 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
17 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
130 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
104 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
94 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
94 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
10 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1225 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19 Morohashi
3434 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13 New Nelson (John Haig)
1217 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3154 2001 Kanji
0a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
3-2-2 SKIP code
1090.0 Four corner code
1-41-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0d Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祥 【ショウ】 omen (usu. good), (auspicious) sign, first two anniversaries of a person's death
  • 祥雲 【ショウウン】 auspicious cloud
  • 瑞祥 【ズイショウ】 auspicious sign, good omen
  • 清祥 【セイショウ】 happiness and health

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 さか、 さち、 ひろ、 まさ、 やす、 ゆき、 よし、 あきら、 さき、 さむ、 ただ、 なか、 なが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • suerte
  • buen augurio

Portuguese

  • auspicioso
  • felicidade
  • bons auspícios

French

  • bon présage
  • prometteur
  • bonheur
1398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1549 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3246 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1562 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1578 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1074 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1576 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1424 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1097 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24689P Morohashi
948 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4090 New Nelson (John Haig)
1088 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1373 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
655 2001 Kanji
4e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
3825.1 Four corner code
1-30-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7965 Unicode hex code