否

Stroke order

否 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一火口 (MFR), four-corner 1060₉, composition ⿱不口)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3340
• Dae Jaweon: page 395, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 586, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5426

Historical forms of the character 否
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ) : phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “not”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”). Similar to 咅.

See etymology of 不.

否

1. nay; no; negative

   • 曰：「自織之與？」曰：「否。以粟易之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     曰：「自织之与？」曰：「否。以粟易之。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yuē: “Zì zhī zhī yǔ?” Yuē: “Fǒu. Yǐ sù yì zhī.”

     'Is it woven by himself?' 'No. He gets it in exchange for grain.'

2. not
3. final interrogative particle

   • 又飲數杯，允指蟬謂布曰：「吾欲將此女送與將軍為妾，還肯納否？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     又饮数杯，允指蝉谓布曰：「吾欲将此女送与将军为妾，还肯纳否？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Yòu yǐn shù bēi, Yǔn zhǐ Chán wèi Bù yuē: “Wú yù jiāng cǐ nǚ sòng yǔ jiāngjūn wéi qiè, hái kěn nà fǒu?”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

In Classical Chinese, 否 is the form taken by 不 when the verb which it negates is omitted (Pulleyblank, 1995, p. 104).

否

1. ^† to block; to obstruct
2. ^† to denounce; to censure
3. ^† to become extinct
4. ^† poverty-stricken; poor
5. ^† evil; vile
6. ^† Alternative form of 鄙 (bǐ, “superficial; shallow”)
7. ^† Alternative form of 痞 (pǐ, “lump in the abdomen”)
8. 12th hexagram of the I Ching

• “否”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. no
2. negate

• Go-on: び (bi)、ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)、ふう (fū)
• Kun: いな (ina)、いなむ (inamu, 否む)、いや (iya)、あらず (arazu)

From Middle Chinese 否 (MC bijX). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

否(ひ) • (hi) 

1. no

否 (eumhun 아닐 부 (anil bu))

1. hanja form^? of 부 (“not, no, negative”)

否 (eumhun 막힐 비 (makhil bi))

1. hanja form^? of 비 (“obstruct, block”)

否 (bấu)

1. Nôm form of bấu (“not; not at all”).

   斉福否欣坪

   Te̱ phúc bấu hăn phắng

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

否: Hán Nôm readings: bĩ, phủ, phầu

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• Nôm: bí, bĩ, phủ

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999