弗

弗 U+5F17, 弗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F17 ← 弖 [U+5F16] CJK Unified Ideographs 弘 → [U+5F18]

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弗 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中中弓 (LLN), four-corner 5502₇, composition ⿻⿰丿丨弓)

• 㔗, 佛, 彿, 沸, 𠔘, 𡗻, 𡘉, 𡛯, 𭯗, 𡶒, 𢂀, 𢏇, 𢒍, 𰕧, 𢘍, 𣭘, 𣲴, 𤝟, 𤤖, 𤫰, 𥘬 𥿏, 𦕚, 𦨡, 𧉸, 𧙂, 𧠤, 𧿳, 𨚓, 𨚭, 𩖼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9708
• Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 990, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5F17

simp. and trad.		弗

Pictogram (象形) – an arrow (depicted in some versions in the oracle bones and then disappeared), tied to a thread, then tied to two wooden poles (originally depicted as 林).

Later borrowed phonetically to mean “no”. The derivative 拂 (OC *pʰɯd) stands for the original word.

not (verb) him/her/it

Fusion of 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “not”) with 之 (OC *tjɯ, “third-person pronoun”) (Schuessler, 2007). The glyph conflated with 不 (MC pjuw|pjuwX|pjut) by the Han times, due to naming taboo. Its colloquial reading survives in the latter. See etymology of 不 for more.

弗

1. (Classical) not correctly; not quite; not exactly
2. (Classical) not

   • 一簞食，一豆羹，得之則生，弗得則死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一箪食，一豆羹，得之则生，弗得则死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yī dān sì, yī dòu gēng, dé zhī zé shēng, fú dé zé sǐ. [Pinyin]

     Here are a small basket of rice and a platter of soup; getting them will enable survival, while not getting them will result in death.

3. Used in 弗弗.
4. Alternative form of 祓 (fú)
5. ^† to straighten; to correct
6. Used in transcription.

• Duan Yucai’s Commentary: "弗 is explained as 'correct.' Today, 矫 and 弗 are both written as 拂, and 弗 is mistakenly used to mean 'not.' This misunderstanding has persisted for a long time. The Gongyang Commentary states, '弗 signifies a profound form of not,' which retains the meaning of correction. In classical texts, 不 represents straightforward negation, while 弗 conveys indirect negation. 弗 and 不 are not interchangeable." So basically 弗 is “not exactly” or “not correctly” like an almost not.
• In modern Standard Chinese, this character is almost entirely used for phonetic translations. The character mainly represents the phoneme /f/ in word-final and preconsonantal positions.
• The characters 不 (bù) and 否 (fǒu) are far more commonly used to mean “no”.

simp. and trad.		弗
alternative forms		勿 伐 不

According to Pan (2002), a labiodentalized and checked variant of 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ').

In certain varieties the initial has gained voicing and in some cases caused the word shifted to yang tones, either restricted to specific syntactical positions or in all contexts.

See also 勿 (veq).

弗

1. (Wu) Alternative form of 勿 (“not”)

   我弗要搭伊去！ [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁸veq-iau₅ ⁷taq ⁶yi ⁵chi [Wugniu]

   I don't want to go with him!

   對弗起／对弗起 [Suzhounese]  ―  ⁵te-feq₇-chi₃ [Wugniu]  ―  Sorry

• 勿, 弗 and 伐 are all characters that have been popular in representing the checked and labiodentalized series of negators, generally pronounced as /fəʔ/, /vəʔ/ or both depending on the exact variety. In historical literature, the exact choice of character varied between the topolects and the preferences of individual writers.
• In some contemporary proposals aiming to standardize cross-topolectal writing in Wu, it is preferred that the voiced variants of the negator be written with 勿 and the unvoiced variants of the negator with 弗. This is often received somewhat inconsistently, however, and the choice between the variant characters remains largely a matter of personal preference.

For pronunciation and definitions of 弗 – see 費 (“to cost; to spend; to expend; to consume; to use; to exhaust; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 費).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. not
2. used phonetically, such as in 弗(ふっ)素(そ) (fusso, “fluorine”)
3. (by extension, in compounds) fluorine
4. the dollar sign ($)

• Go-on: ほち (hochi)
• Kan-on: ふつ (futsu)
• Kun: ドル (doru, 弗)、ず (zu, 弗)

Kanji in this term
弗
ふつ Hyōgai
kan'on

Originally borrowed from Middle Chinese 弗 (*pjut), meaning either “not” or “a gust of wind”. Apparently later repurposed during the later Edo period for its phonetic value in translating the Dutch fluor (“fluorine”).

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟t͡sɨ]

弗(ふつ) or 弗(フツ) • (futsu) 

1. (chemistry, chemical elements) fluorine, fluoride

Seldom used. In chemistry contexts, almost always spelled in katakana as フツ, appearing in most compounds as フッ.

Kanji in this term
弗
どる Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $. This reading is ultimately borrowed from Dutch dollar.^[1][2]

For pronunciation and definitions of 弗 – see the following entry.

【ドル】 [noun] a dollar (designation for specific currency) [proper noun] Dole, Jura (place in France) Alternative spelling ㌦

(This term, 弗, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

弗 (eumhun 아닐 불 (anil bul))

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2. Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $.^[1]

弗: Hán Nôm readings: phất

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