不恃

Ideogram (指事) 不 originated as a pictographic character which depicted the calyx of a flower. However, early inventors of the Chinese writing system found it difficult to find a pictograph that could represent the abstract concept of "negative," and 不 probably sounded like the word "no" (Pinyin: bù or fǒu in modern Mandarin). As time passed, some elected to add a mouth to the bottom of the character (否) in order to distinguish it from the original word. The meaning for "no" also came to be associated with 不(calyx). A new character was eventually chosen to represent the original meaning (柎, Pinyin: fū).

不 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一火 (MF), four-corner 10900)
no, not
un-
negation prefix

Descendants
ふ
フ

不 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
not, non-, un-

On: ふ (fu), ぶ (bu)
Kun: せず (sezu), にあらず (niarazu), いなや (inaya)

不 (hiragana ふ, romaji fu-)
un-, non-, in-
不 (hiragana ぶ, romaji bu-)
un-, non-, in-
bad, poor

恃 (radical 61 心+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心土木戈 (PGDI), four-corner 94041)
rely on, presume on, trust to

On: じ (ji), し (shi)
Kun: たのむ (tanomu)


To be independent. Carries the meaning of wu wei. The Wise Man performs his duty but does not attach himself to his accomplishments. He is therefore the absolute autocrat.