Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 不 【フ】 un-, non-, negative prefix
  • 不安 【フアン】 anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
  • 意味不 【イミフ】 of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
  • 社不 【シャフ】 person unfit for society, misfit
  • 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
  • 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4, bu2
Korean:
bu, bul

Spanish

  • prefijo negativo: in-
  • des-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo
  • negativa
  • não
  • feia
  • ruim
  • deselegante

French

  • négation
  • non
  • mauvais
  • laid
  • maladroit
500 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
600 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
572 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
17 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
130 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
104 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
94 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
94 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
10 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1225 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19 Morohashi
3434 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13 New Nelson (John Haig)
1217 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3154 2001 Kanji
0a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
3-2-2 SKIP code
1090.0 Four corner code
1-41-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0d Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1595 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廉潔 【レンケツ】 honest, incorruptible, integrity
  • 貞潔 【テイケツ】 chastity, purity

Kun reading compounds

  • 潔い 【いさぎよい】 gracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble, gallant, brave, manly, sportsmanlike, upright, righteous, honest, pure (heart), innocent, unspoiled (scenery, etc.), pure, clean

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 きよし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie2
Korean:
gyeol

Spanish

  • claro
  • puro
  • limpio
  • honrado
  • varonil

Portuguese

  • incorrupto
  • puro
  • limpar
  • correto
  • galanteador

French

  • viril
  • immaculé
  • pur
  • clair
  • droit
  • brave
767 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
686 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
659 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1397 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2698 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
672 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1500 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2615 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1241 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1307 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
753 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1249 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
920 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
678 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1562 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18231X Morohashi
744 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3332 New Nelson (John Haig)
1548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1668 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
806 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341 2001 Kanji
3a12.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
3719.3 Four corner code
1-23-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f54 Unicode hex code