fěi
bandits
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pəjʔ | pj+jX | fěi | bamboo basket |
*pəjʔ | pj+jX | fěi | bandit |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.0868% of movies
2066th most common character in movies
2201st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+532A |
Shuowen | “匪,器。似竹筐。从匚,非聲。《逸周書》曰:‘實玄黃于匪。’” |
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