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不 (pinyin bù, "not") is an HSK 1 Mandarin character with 4 strokes, built on the radical 一.

New

not, no

Tone 4 · Fourth tone (falling)

Radical
Strokes
4
HSK
1 · tier 1a

Commonly confused with

Characters this one is often mistaken for — same number of strokes, similar silhouette, single-component differences. Curated, not derived.

Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical . Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -u, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.

HanziFluency

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