否 no

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不 (un) (Same-ON) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)

ONYOMI: HI

HE said no, when I asked if he'd get a tattoo of me and him holding hands naked.

The mouth is un-happy so it says no.

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KUNYOMI:

いな: 'No'. Usually used by older people. Or pretentious authors, who contradict themselves for rhetorical effect: 'She was a proper woman, No, wait, perhaps I should rather say she was the kind of woman who wanted to be seen as proper, A-ha-ha, I am so clever.'

JUKUGO:

否定形 ( ひていけい ): a negative sentence. 'He doesn't , we don't, I can not,' are examples of English negatives. ひていけい is a good word to know if you want to ask your friends, 'How do you use this word in the negative?'
否定 (a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations)) + 形 (form) = 否定形 (a negative sentence)
否定する ( ひていする): a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations) (NP)
否 (no) + 定 (plan) = 否定 (a formal word for 'to deny' (the politician denied the allegations))
拒否する ( きょひする): absolute refusal- unlike 拒む (こばむ）,　拒否 is always verbal - an exit line. Like if you tell a guy 'no thanks' 10 times and he won't go away, you use 拒否. As in, '私がきょひした。’
Oh no you di'int! (ABU)
拒 (repel) + 否 (no) = 拒否 (refuse!!!!)