Dong Chinese dictionary

fēi

not

Depicts two people facing opposite directions.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

fēi

not, negative, non-; oppose; to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; to reproach or blame; (colloquial) to insist on; simply must

Fēi

abbr. for 非洲[Fēizhōu], Africa

Most common words with 非

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 26 characters (6 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.824-825