The kanji 否: meaning, readings and stroke order

否

Meaning: no, deny
On reading: ヒ hi
Kun reading: いな ina
Strokes: 7
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: không, phủ nhận (phủ)
Japanese: いいえ。そうではないという。
Korean: 아니다, 부정하다 (부)
Chinese: 否、不

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒ hi · on reading

否ひ定てい
saying it is not true, denial
その話を 否ひ定ていしました。
He said that story was not true.

いな ina · kun reading · less common

否いな
no
否いなと答える人もいます。
Some people answer no.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.