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一
Mandarin
bu4
English
Definitions
not; no; negative prefix; disloyally; un-
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: three streamers hanging down: perhaps a bird flying up to heaven
一
(a variant of
㐬
? - see
胚
; also compare archaic form of
流
)