Un-

The negative prefix "Un-" by Nao

fu

This character means “not”. It denies whatever characters used together. Like a prefix, “un-”, it is used for many words.

Forty-year-olds are called fuwaku, of which waku means “confused” or “be at a loss”. Accompanying the prefix fu (un-), fuwaku means “have no doubt” or “determined”. It came from Confucius. When one becomes forty, he has no doubt.

Below is how to draw this.

  1. Draw the top horizontal line from left to right.
  2. From the center of the first line, draw the curve heading toward lower left, making a sharp edge on the left of this line. Make it thinner at the end.
  3. Draw the vertical line from the center of the character.
  4. Put the elongated dot. Start it from the center.

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