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非

fēi

not

Depicts two people facing opposite directions.

Evolution

非 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
非 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
非 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
非 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
非 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

非  

fēi

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

非  

Fēi

abbr. for 非洲[Fēi​zhōu], Africa

Most common words with 非
Freq.
Word
Meaning

非常

very

非

not

除非

only when

并非

really isn't

非法

illegal

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

靠 靡

Sound component in 26 characters (6 verified)

排 罪 悲 輩 辈 啡 菲 匪 斐 徘 裴 誹 诽 腓 緋 绯 扉 翡 蜚 霏 俳 鯡 鲱 痱 悱 薤

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pəj

pj+j

fēi

is not


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 94.0734% of movies

209th most common character in movies

283rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+975E

Shuowen

“非，違也。从飛下翄，取其相背。”


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