fēi

scarlet

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

非 sound component

  Sound component

fēi

  

not

Evolution

绯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
绯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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fēi

scarlet, dark red, crimson; purple; dark red; purple silk

Most common words with 绯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绯闻

sex scandal

dark red

绯红

crimson