# 否 no

不 (un) Same-ON + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
★★☆☆☆
7 strokes

## Onyomi

HI | HE said no, when I asked if he'd get a tattoo of me and him holding hands naked.

## Mnemonic

| The mouth is un-happy so it says no.

## Kunyomi

いな | 'No'. Usually used by older people. Or pretentious authors, who contradict themselves for rhetorical effect: 'She was a proper woman, No, wait, perhaps I should rather say she was the kind of woman who wanted to be seen as proper, A-ha-ha, I am so clever.' ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

否定形(ひていけい) | a negative sentence ★★☆☆☆ 否定 (a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations)) + 形 (form) = 否定形 (a negative sentence) a negative sentence. 'He doesn't , we don't, I can not,' are examples of English negatives. ひていけい is a good word to know if you want to ask your friends, 'How do you use this word in the negative?'
否定(ひてい) する | a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations) ★★☆☆☆ NP 否 (no) + 定 (plan) = 否定 (a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations))
拒否(きょひ) する | refuse!!!! ★★☆☆☆ ABU 拒 (repel) + 否 (no) = 拒否 (refuse!!!!) absolute refusal- unlike 拒む (こばむ）,　拒否 is always verbal - an exit line. Like if you tell a guy 'no thanks' 10 times and he won't go away, you use 拒否. As in, '私がきょひした。’ Oh no you di'int!

## Synonyms

deny, reject 断る 否定 拒否 拒む ボツにする 却下