弗

Glyph origin
– two arrows, tied together to be straightened.

Later borrowed phonetically to mean “no”. The derivative stands for the original word.

Etymology 1

 * not (verb) him/her/it
 * Fusion of with  . The glyph conflated with  by the Han times, due to naming taboo. Its colloquial reading survives in the latter. See etymology of  for more.

Definitions

 * 1)  not
 * 2)  to straighten; to correct
 * 1)  to straighten; to correct
 * 1)  to straighten; to correct
 * 1)  to straighten; to correct

Usage notes

 * 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 and  are far more commonly used to mean “no”.

Etymology 2
According to, a labiodentalized and checked variant of.

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.

Usage notes

 * , and  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 and the unvoiced variants of the negator with . This is often received somewhat inconsistently, however, and the choice between the variant characters remains largely a matter of personal preference.

Kanji

 * 1) fluorine
 * 2) the dollar sign ($)

Etymology 1


Originally borrowed from, meaning either “not” or “a gust of wind”. Apparently later repurposed during the later Edo period for its phonetic value in translating the 🇨🇬.

Affix

 * 1)  fluorine, fluoride

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

Derived terms
Purely phonetic uses:
 * : fluoridation; fluoro-, fluor-; fluorinated
 * : calcium fluoride, CaF2
 * : lithium hexafluorophosphate
 * : hydrogen fluoride, HF
 * : hydrofluoric acid
 * : fluoride
 * : sulfur hexafluoride
 * : short for : hydrofluoric acid
 * : fluorine, F
 * , : Africa

Glyph origin
Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $. This reading is ultimately borrowed from.

Hanja

 * 1) Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $.
 * 1) Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $.