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Fu (kana)

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 /hɯ/, although for phonological reasons (general scheme for /h/ group, whose only phonologic survivor to /f/ ([ɸ]) remaining is ふ: b←p←f→h), the actual pronunciation is [ɸɯᵝ] ⓘ, which is why it is romanized fu in Hepburn romanization instead of hu as in Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki rōmaji (Korean 후 /hu/ creates the same phonetic effect as lips are projected when pronouncing "u"). Written with a dakuten (ぶ, ブ), they both represent a "bu" sound, and written with handakuten (ぷ, プ) they both represent a "pu" sound.

fu
hiragana
japanese hiragana fu		 katakana
japanese katakana fu
transliterationfu, hu
translit. with dakutenbu
translit. with handakutenpu
hiragana origin不
katakana origin不
Man'yōgana不 否 布 負 部 敷 経 歴
Voiced Man'yōgana夫 扶 府 文 柔 歩 部
spelling kana富士山のフ Fujisan no "fu"
unicodeU+3075, U+30D5
braille⠭
Note: This mora was historically pronounced as "pu".

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.[1] 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)
Normal f-
(は行 ha-gyō) 		fu ふ フ
  • ふゆ fuyu 冬 winter
  • ふえる fueru 増える to grow/increase
  • ふつう futsū 普通 normal
  • ふみきり fumikiri 踏み切り level crossing
  • ふとん futon 布団 quilt/blanket
  • ふるえる furueru 震える to shake
  • フランス furansu France
fuu, fwu
fū 		ふう, ふぅ
ふー 		フウ, フゥ
フー
Addition dakuten b-
(ば行 ba-gyō) 		bu ぶ ブ
  • はんぶん hanbun 半分 half
  • かぶ kabu 株 share/stump
  • ぶし bushi 武士 samurai
  • ハーブ hābu herb
buu, bwu
bū 		ぶう, ぶぅ
ぶー 		ブウ, ブゥ
ブー
Addition handakuten p-
(ぱ行 pa-gyō) 		pu ぷ プ
  • きっぷ kippu 切符 stamp
  • おんぷ ompu 音符 note
puu, pwu
pū 		ぷう, ぷぅ
ぷー 		プウ, プゥ
プー
Other additional forms
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Form A (f-/fw-/fy-)
fa, fwa ふぁ, ふゎ ファ, フヮ ファール fāru foul
fi, fwi ふぃ フィ フィンランド finrando Finland
(fwu) (ふぅ) (フゥ) フリー furī Free
fe, fwe ふぇ フェ フェルト feruto felt
fo, fwo ふぉ フォ フォード fōdo Ford
fya ふゃ フャ
fyu ふゅ フュ
fye ふぃぇ フィェ
fyo ふょ フョ
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Form B (bw-)
bwa ぶぁ, ぶゎ ブァ, ブヮ
bwi ぶぃ ブィ
(bwu) (ぶぅ) (ブゥ)
bwe ぶぇ ブェ
bwo ぶぉ ブォ
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Form C (pw-)
pwa ぷぁ, ぷゎ プァ, プヮ
pwi ぷぃ プィ
(pwu) (ぷぅ) (プゥ)
pwe ぷぇ プェ
pwo ぷぉ プォ

Stroke order

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Stroke order in writing ふ
3, 4
 
Stroke order in writing フ
1
 
Stroke order in writing ふ
 
Stroke order in writing フ

Other communicative representations

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  • Full Braille representation
ふ / フ in Japanese Braille
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
                                       
Character information
Preview ふ フ ﾌ ㇷ ぶ
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER HU KATAKANA LETTER HU HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HU KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HU HIRAGANA LETTER BU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12405 U+3075 12501 U+30D5 65420 U+FF8C 12791 U+31F7 12406 U+3076
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 227 129 182 E3 81 B6
Numeric character reference ふ ふ フ フ ﾌ ﾌ ㇷ ㇷ ぶ ぶ
Shift JIS (plain)[2] 130 211 82 D3 131 116 83 74 204 CC 130 212 82 D4
Shift JIS-2004[3] 130 211 82 D3 131 116 83 74 204 CC 131 243 83 F3 130 212 82 D4
EUC-JP (plain)[4] 164 213 A4 D5 165 213 A5 D5 142 204 8E CC 164 214 A4 D6
EUC-JIS-2004[5] 164 213 A4 D5 165 213 A5 D5 142 204 8E CC 166 245 A6 F5 164 214 A4 D6
GB 18030[6] 164 213 A4 D5 165 213 A5 D5 132 49 154 48 84 31 9A 30 129 57 189 49 81 39 BD 31 164 214 A4 D6
EUC-KR[7] / UHC[8] 170 213 AA D5 171 213 AB D5 170 214 AA D6
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[9] 198 217 C6 D9 199 109 C7 6D 198 218 C6 DA
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[10] 199 92 C7 5C 199 209 C7 D1 199 93 C7 5D
Character information
Preview ブ ぷ プ ㇷ゚ ㋫
Unicode name KATAKANA LETTER BU HIRAGANA LETTER PU KATAKANA LETTER PU KATAKANA LETTER AINU P[11] CIRCLED KATAKANA HU
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12502 U+30D6 12407 U+3077 12503 U+30D7 12791 12442 U+31F7+309A 13035 U+32EB
UTF-8 227 131 150 E3 83 96 227 129 183 E3 81 B7 227 131 151 E3 83 97 227 135 183 227 130 154 E3 87 B7 E3 82 9A 227 139 171 E3 8B AB
Numeric character reference ブ ブ ぷ ぷ プ プ ㇷ゚ ㇷ゚ ㋫ ㋫
Shift JIS (plain)[2] 131 117 83 75 130 213 82 D5 131 118 83 76
Shift JIS-2004[3] 131 117 83 75 130 213 82 D5 131 118 83 76 131 246 83 F6
EUC-JP (plain)[4] 165 214 A5 D6 164 215 A4 D7 165 215 A5 D7
EUC-JIS-2004[5] 165 214 A5 D6 164 215 A4 D7 165 215 A5 D7 166 248 A6 F8
GB 18030[6] 165 214 A5 D6 164 215 A4 D7 165 215 A5 D7
EUC-KR[7] / UHC[8] 171 214 AB D6 170 215 AA D7 171 215 AB D7
Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[9] 199 110 C7 6E 198 219 C6 DB 199 111 C7 6F
Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[10] 199 210 C7 D2 199 94 C7 5E 199 211 C7 D3

References

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  1. ^ "首里・那覇方言のかな表記について". Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (in Japanese). University of the Ryukyus. n.d. Archived from the original on 2020-02-11.
  2. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-03-08]. "Shift-JIS to Unicode".
  3. ^ a b Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "Shift_JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 1) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "EUC-JP-2007". International Components for Unicode.
  5. ^ a b Project X0213 (2009-05-03). "EUC-JIS-2004 (JIS X 0213:2004 Appendix 3) vs Unicode mapping table".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b Standardization Administration of China (SAC) (2005-11-18). GB 18030-2005: Information Technology—Chinese coded character set.
  7. ^ a b Unicode Consortium; IBM. "IBM-970". International Components for Unicode.
  8. ^ a b Steele, Shawn (2000). "cp949 to Unicode table". Microsoft / Unicode Consortium.
  9. ^ a b Unicode Consortium (2015-12-02) [1994-02-11]. "BIG5 to Unicode table (complete)".
  10. ^ a b van Kesteren, Anne. "big5". Encoding Standard. WHATWG.
  11. ^ Unicode Consortium. "Unicode Named Character Sequences". Unicode Character Database.
 
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