# Fu (kana)

kana gojūon :
| wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a |
| wi | ri | (yi) | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i |
| (wu) | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u |
| we | re | (ye) | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e |
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o |
| | | | n | | | | | | |
Kana modifiers and marks :
sokuonfu (gemination)
yōon (palatalization)
chōonpu (vowel lengthener)
Iteration marks
dakuten/handakuten (voiced & semi-voiced marks) :
Multi-moraic kana :
iu
kashiko
koto
sama
shite
toki
tomo
nari
mairasesoro
yori :
vte :
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 , 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.
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 |
| Normal f- (は行 ha-gyō) | fuu, fwu fū | ふう, ふぅ ふー | フウ, フゥ フー | 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 |
| 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 |
| Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō) | buu, bwu bū | ぶう, ぶぅ ぶー | ブウ, ブゥ ブー | 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 |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) | pu | ぷ | プ | きっぷ kippu 切符 stamp おんぷ ompu 音符 note |
| Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō) | puu, pwu pū | ぷう, ぷぅ ぷー | プウ, プゥ プー | きっぷ kippu 切符 stamp おんぷ ompu 音符 note |
Other additional forms :
Form A (f-/fw-/fy-) :
| Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
Form B (bw-) :
| Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
Form C (pw-) :
| Rōmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |

## Stroke order

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

## Other communicative representations

| Japanese radiotelephony alphabet | Wabun code |
| 富士山のフ Fujisan no "Fu" | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ |
| Japanese Navy Signal Flag | Japanese semaphore | Japanese manual syllabary (fingerspelling) | Braille dots-1346 Japanese Braille |
* 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 | Other kana based on Braille ふ | Other kana based on Braille ふ | Other kana based on Braille ふ | Other kana based on Braille ふ | Other kana based on Braille ふ |
| ふ / フ fu | ぶ / ブ bu | ぷ / プ pu | ふう / フー fū | ぶう / ブー bū | ぷう / プー pū | 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 |
* Computer encodings
Character information :
| Preview | ふ | ふ | フ | フ | ﾌ | ﾌ | ㇷ | ㇷ | ぶ | ぶ |
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER HU | HIRAGANA LETTER HU | KATAKANA LETTER HU | KATAKANA LETTER HU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HU | HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HU | KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HU | HIRAGANA LETTER BU | 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 | &#12405; | &#x3075; | &#12501; | &#x30D5; | &#65420; | &#xFF8C; | &#12791; | &#x31F7; | &#12406; | &#x3076; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 130 211 | 82 D3 | 131 116 | 83 74 | 204 | CC | | | 130 212 | 82 D4 |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 130 211 | 82 D3 | 131 116 | 83 74 | 204 | CC | 131 243 | 83 F3 | 130 212 | 82 D4 |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 164 213 | A4 D5 | 165 213 | A5 D5 | 142 204 | 8E CC | | | 164 214 | A4 D6 |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 164 213 | A4 D5 | 165 213 | A5 D5 | 142 204 | 8E CC | 166 245 | A6 F5 | 164 214 | A4 D6 |
| GB 18030 | 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 / UHC | 170 213 | AA D5 | 171 213 | AB D5 | | | | | 170 214 | AA D6 |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 198 217 | C6 D9 | 199 109 | C7 6D | | | | | 198 218 | C6 DA |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 92 | C7 5C | 199 209 | C7 D1 | | | | | 199 93 | C7 5D |
Character information :
| Preview | ブ | ブ | ぷ | ぷ | プ | プ | ㇷ゚ | ㇷ゚ | ㋫ | ㋫ |
| Unicode name | KATAKANA LETTER BU | KATAKANA LETTER BU | HIRAGANA LETTER PU | HIRAGANA LETTER PU | KATAKANA LETTER PU | KATAKANA LETTER PU | KATAKANA LETTER AINU P | KATAKANA LETTER AINU P | CIRCLED KATAKANA HU | 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 | &#12502; | &#x30D6; | &#12407; | &#x3077; | &#12503; | &#x30D7; | &#12791;&#12442; | &#x31F7;&#x309A; | &#13035; | &#x32EB; |
| Shift JIS (plain) | 131 117 | 83 75 | 130 213 | 82 D5 | 131 118 | 83 76 | | | | |
| Shift JIS-2004 | 131 117 | 83 75 | 130 213 | 82 D5 | 131 118 | 83 76 | 131 246 | 83 F6 | | |
| EUC-JP (plain) | 165 214 | A5 D6 | 164 215 | A4 D7 | 165 215 | A5 D7 | | | | |
| EUC-JIS-2004 | 165 214 | A5 D6 | 164 215 | A4 D7 | 165 215 | A5 D7 | 166 248 | A6 F8 | | |
| GB 18030 | 165 214 | A5 D6 | 164 215 | A4 D7 | 165 215 | A5 D7 | | | | |
| EUC-KR / UHC | 171 214 | AB D6 | 170 215 | AA D7 | 171 215 | AB D7 | | | | |
| Big5 (non-ETEN kana) | 199 110 | C7 6E | 198 219 | C6 DB | 199 111 | C7 6F | | | | |
| Big5 (ETEN / HKSCS) | 199 210 | C7 D2 | 199 94 | C7 5E | 199 211 | C7 D3 | | | | |