Onyomi: ヒ · Kunyomi: いな, いや · Meanings: decline, deny, negate, no, noes, refuse
Kanji for decline, deny, negate, no, noes
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否 is formed from 不, meaning “not,” placed above 口, meaning “mouth.” When the mouth speaks the word “not,” it expresses refusal or denial. The image of a mouth clearly saying “no” became the idea of rejecting or negating something. From this, 否 came to mean no, deny, or refuse.
否 shows a mouth saying “not,” meaning denial or refusal.
Imagine opening your mouth and firmly saying “no.” That clear act of refusal is 否.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 否 | いや | no | common |
| いいえ | いいえ | no | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 |
| 否 | いな | no, nay | common |
| 否 | ひ | no, the noes | common Noun |
| 否定 | ひてい | denial, negation, repudiation, disavowal | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 否決 | ひけつ | rejection, negation, voting down | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 否認 | ひにん | denial, negation, repudiation, disapproval | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 否定的 | ひていてき | negative, contradictory | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 否む | いなむ | to refuse, to decline | Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 否でも応でも | いやでもおうでも | whether one likes it or not, whether willing or not, willy-nilly | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |