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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 不 in the cursive sōsho style.
ふ • (fu)
- The hiragana syllable ふ (fu). Its equivalent in katakana is フ (fu). It is the twenty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is は行う段 (ha-gyō u-dan, “row ha, section u”).
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
From Old Japanese. Possibly a contraction of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) of verbs and 合ふ (afu). Alternatively from 経 (fu).[1]
ふ • (-fu)
- (following the irrealis stem of verbs)
- expresses repetition
- expresses an ongoing state
| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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は |
は |
-fa
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| Continuative (連用形)
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ひ |
ひ |
-fi
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| Terminal (終止形)
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ふ |
ふ |
-fu
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| Attributive (連体形)
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ふ |
ふ |
-fu
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| Realis (已然形)
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へ |
へ |
-fe
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| Imperative (命令形)
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へ |
へ |
-fe
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| Key constructions
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| Negative
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はず |
はず |
-fazu
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| Contrasting conjunction
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へど |
へど |
-fedo
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| Causal conjunction
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へば |
へば |
-feba
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| Conditional conjunction
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はば |
はば |
-faba
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| Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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ひき |
ひき |
-fiki
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| Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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ひけり |
ひけり |
-fikeri
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| Perfect tense (conscious action)
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ひつ |
ひつ |
-fitu
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| Perfect tense (natural event)
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ひぬ |
ひぬ |
-finu
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| Perfect-continuative tense
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へり
ひたり |
へり
ひたり |
-feri
-fitari
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| Volitional
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はむ |
はむ |
-famu
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| For pronunciation and definitions of ふ – see the following entries.
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| 【賦】S
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- [noun] fu (Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry)
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| 【麩】H
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- [noun] wheat bran
- [noun] wheat gluten
- [noun] foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread
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(This term, ふ (fu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ふ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふ.)
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