否

fǒu
#620 most
frequent character
to negate, to deny, not

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

否 has 不 no as meaning and sound part. 口 was added only to keep 否 separate from 不. It first meant not or no, then grew to deny, negate, and a question particle. Read pǐ, it means bad or substandard.

否 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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