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 /hu͍/, although for phonological reasons (general scheme for [h] group, whose only phonologic survivor to [f] remaining is ふ: b<-p<--f-->h), the actual pronunciation is [ɸɯ] (listen), which is why it is romanized fu in Hepburn romanization instead of hu (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
transliterationfu, hu
hiragana origin不
katakana origin不
spelling kana富士山のフ Fujisan no "fu"
unicodeU+3075, U+30D5
braille
kana gojūon
warayamahanatasakaa
wirimihinichishikii
ruyumufunutsusukuu
weremehenetesekee
woroyomohonotosokoo

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)
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
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
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
pū		 ぷう, ぷぅ
ぷー		 プウ, プゥ
プー
Other additional forms
Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana
Form (f-)
fa/hwa ふぁ/ふゎ ファ/フヮ ファール fāru foul
    fi/hwi ふぃ フィ フィンランド finrando Finland
    fu ふ フ フリー furī Free
    fe/hwe ふぇ フェ フェルト feruto felt
    fo ふぉ フォ フォード fōdo Ford

    Stroke order
    Stroke order in writing ふ
    Stroke order in writing フ
    Stroke order in writing ふ
    Stroke order in writing フ

    Other communicative representations
    • 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 nameHIRAGANA LETTER HUKATAKANA LETTER HUHALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HUKATAKANA LETTER SMALL HUHIRAGANA LETTER BU
    Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
    Unicode12405U+307512501U+30D565420U+FF8C12791U+31F712406U+3076
    UTF-8227 129 181E3 81 B5227 131 149E3 83 95239 190 140EF BE 8C227 135 183E3 87 B7227 129 182E3 81 B6
    Numeric character reference&#12405;&#x3075;&#12501;&#x30D5;&#65420;&#xFF8C;&#12791;&#x31F7;&#12406;&#x3076;
    Shift JIS (plain)[1]130 21182 D3131 11683 74204CC130 21282 D4
    Shift JIS-2004[2]130 21182 D3131 11683 74204CC131 24383 F3130 21282 D4
    EUC-JP (plain)[3]164 213A4 D5165 213A5 D5142 2048E CC164 214A4 D6
    EUC-JIS-2004[4]164 213A4 D5165 213A5 D5142 2048E CC166 245A6 F5164 214A4 D6
    GB 18030[5]164 213A4 D5165 213A5 D5132 49 154 4884 31 9A 30129 57 189 4981 39 BD 31164 214A4 D6
    EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]170 213AA D5171 213AB D5170 214AA D6
    Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]198 217C6 D9199 109C7 6D198 218C6 DA
    Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 92C7 5C199 209C7 D1199 93C7 5D
    Character information
    Previewブぷプㇷ゚㋫
    Unicode nameKATAKANA LETTER BUHIRAGANA LETTER PUKATAKANA LETTER PUKATAKANA LETTER AINU P[10]CIRCLED KATAKANA HU
    Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
    Unicode12502U+30D612407U+307712503U+30D712791 12442U+31F7+309A13035U+32EB
    UTF-8227 131 150E3 83 96227 129 183E3 81 B7227 131 151E3 83 97227 135 183 227 130 154E3 87 B7 E3 82 9A227 139 171E3 8B AB
    Numeric character reference&#12502;&#x30D6;&#12407;&#x3077;&#12503;&#x30D7;&#12791;&#12442;&#x31F7;&#x309A;&#13035;&#x32EB;
    Shift JIS (plain)[1]131 11783 75130 21382 D5131 11883 76
    Shift JIS-2004[2]131 11783 75130 21382 D5131 11883 76131 24683 F6
    EUC-JP (plain)[3]165 214A5 D6164 215A4 D7165 215A5 D7
    EUC-JIS-2004[4]165 214A5 D6164 215A4 D7165 215A5 D7166 248A6 F8
    GB 18030[5]165 214A5 D6164 215A4 D7165 215A5 D7
    EUC-KR[6] / UHC[7]171 214AB D6170 215AA D7171 215AB D7
    Big5 (non-ETEN kana)[8]199 110C7 6E198 219C6 DB199 111C7 6F
    Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS)[9]199 210C7 D2199 94C7 5E199 211C7 D3
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