不(bù): no
HSK 14 strokes
Readingsbùfǒu
no
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- bù / fǒu
- Meaning
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 不 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱一？A bird flying toward the sky 一
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 不 step by step
4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 不
Common words using 不 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
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