Fu (kana)
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transliteration | fu, hu | |||
hiragana origin | 不 | |||
katakana origin | 不 |
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ふ, in hiragana, or フ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in four strokes, while the katakana in one. It represents the phoneme /hu͍/, although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [ɸu͍], which is why it is romanized fu in Hepburn romanization instead of hu. Written with a dakuten (ぶ, ブ), they both represent a "bu" sound, and written with handakuten (ぷ, プ) they both represent a "pu" sound.
The katakana フ is frequently combined with other vowels to represent sounds in foreign words. For example, the word "file" is written in Japanese as ファイル (fairu), with ファ representing a non-native sound, fa.
In certain Okinawan writing systems, ふ/フ can be written as ふぁ, ふぃ, ふぇ to make both fa, fi, and fe sounds as well as representing the sounds hwa, hwi, and hwe. In the Ryukyu University system, fa/hwa is written using the wa kana instead, ふゎ/フヮ. In the Ainu language the katakana with a handakuten プ can be written as a small ㇷ゚ to represent a final p sound. In the Sakhalin dialect, フ without a handakuten can be written as small ㇷ to represent a final h sound after an u sound (ウㇷ uh).
Forms | Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana | Example words (with kanji) |
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Normal f- (は行 ha-gyō) |
fu | ふ | フ |
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fuu fū |
ふう, ふぅ ふー |
フウ, フゥ フー | ||
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) |
bu | ぶ | ブ |
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buu bū |
ぶう, ぶぅ ぶー |
ブウ, ブゥ ブー | ||
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) |
pu | ぷ | プ |
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puu pū |
ぷう, ぷぅ ぷー |
プウ, プゥ プー |
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Other representations
Character | ふ | フ | フ | ㇷ | ||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER FU | KATAKANA LETTER FU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER FU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL FU | ||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 12405 | U+3075 | 12501 | U+30D5 | 65420 | U+FF8C | 12791 | U+31F7 |
UTF-8 | 227 129 181 | E3 81 B5 | 227 131 149 | E3 83 95 | 239 190 140 | EF BE 8C | 227 135 183 | E3 87 B7 |
Numeric character reference | ふ | ふ | フ | フ | フ | フ | ㇷ | ㇷ |
Shift JIS | 130 211 | 82 D3 | 131 116 | 83 74 | 204 | CC |
Character | ぶ | ブ | ぷ | プ | ||||
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Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER BU | KATAKANA LETTER BU | HIRAGANA LETTER PU | KATAKANA LETTER PU | ||||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 12406 | U+3076 | 12502 | U+30D6 | 12407 | U+3077 | 12503 | U+30D7 |
UTF-8 | 227 129 182 | E3 81 B6 | 227 131 150 | E3 83 96 | 227 129 183 | E3 81 B7 | 227 131 151 | E3 83 97 |
Numeric character reference | ぶ | ぶ | ブ | ブ | ぷ | ぷ | プ | プ |
Shift JIS | 130 212 | 82 D4 | 131 117 | 83 75 | 130 213 | 82 D5 | 131 118 | 83 76 |
- Braille
ふ / フ in Japanese Braille | |||||||||||
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ふ / フ fu | ぶ / ブ bu | ぷ / プ pu | ふう / フー fū | ぶう / ブー bū | ぷう / プー pū | Other kana based on Braille ふ | |||||
ひゅ / ヒゅ hyu | びゅ / ビュ byu | ぴゅ / ピュ pyu | ひゅう / ヒュー hyū | びゅう / ビュー byū | ぴゅう / ピュー pyū | ||||||
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