否

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

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

See etymology of 不.

否

1. nay; no; negative
2. not
3. final interrogative particle

否 (fǒu) is the form taken by 不 (bù) 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–

(grade 6 “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): [çi]

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: 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