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フ (fu), katakana basic

fu

ハ row · u column

katakanabasic1 stroke

Stroke order

Pronunciation

Let a gentle stream of air pass between your lips. Your upper teeth do not touch your lower lip as they do for English f.

hiragana counterpart

Variants

Similar characters

Words with フ

film (photographic material)
fork

How to remember it

One stroke runs across the top and turns down to the left. Imagine a flag folding in the wind: fu.

Where it comes from

フ comes from part of 不. The kana does not carry the kanji's negative meaning.