否 – negate, no, noes

7 strokesTaught in grade 6#561 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 否 means negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いな、いや (ina, iya). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	いな	ina
Kun’yomi	いや	iya

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: ノ・一・口・｜・丶.

Words using 否

否いやno 否定ひていdenial拒否きょひrefusal否決ひけつrejection

Example sentences

そのニュースが彼女に大きなショックを与えた事は否定しようもない。

It is not to be denied but that the news was a great shock to her.

Tatoeba #212849

私はその質問に答えることを拒否する。

I refuse to answer the question.

Tatoeba #237019

議案はたぶん否決されるだろう。

The chances are that the bill will be rejected.

Tatoeba #182904

Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.