Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

ふ ‎(romaji fu)

1. The hiragana syllable ふ ‎(fu). Its equivalent in katakana is フ ‎(fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行う段 ‎(ha-gyō u-dan, “row ha, section u”).

Derived terms

• ふぁ ‎(fa), ふぃ ‎(fi), ふぇ ‎(fe), ふぉ ‎(fo)
• ぶ ‎(bu)
• ぷ ‎(pu)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Noun

ふ ‎(romaji fu)

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

Prefix

ふ ‎(romaji fu-)

1. 不: un-, non-, in-