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Kanji Detail for 非 - "not, wrong"

非

  • Meaning

    非 means "not, wrong." Also associated with blame.

    1. Wrong - Not correct; mistaken.

    2. Not - Negation; denial.

    3. Blame - To criticize; to find fault.

    4. Un- - A prefix meaning not.

  • Words using 非

    • 非常 ひじょう Listen emergency; extreme; great
    • 是非 ぜひ Listen certainly; without fail; right and wrong
    • 非公式 ひこうしき Listen informal; unofficial
    • 非難 ひなん Listen criticism; blame; censure
    • 非公開 ひこうかい Listen private; non-public; secret
    • 非合法 ひごうほう Listen illegal; unlawful
    • 非常勤 ひじょうきん Listen part-time work
    • 非行 ひこう Listen delinquency; misconduct

  • Four-character idioms with 非

    • 今是昨非 こんぜさくひ Listen complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways
    • 悪逆非道 あくぎゃくひどう Listen heinous; treacherous; atrocious
    • 昨非今是 さくひこんぜ Listen complete reversal of values or ways of thinking
    • 是非善悪 ぜひぜんあく Listen rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
    • 是非曲直 ぜひきょくちょく Listen rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
    • 暴虐非道 ぼうぎゃくひどう Listen violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious

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    • Verified meaning: not, wrong
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: blame

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non-

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    not, negative, non-; to oppose

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not so. For things with fixed definitions, if they do not match, they are called 非. | A fault or mistake. As in covering up faults and mistakes is called 文過飾非 (gloss over faults). | To slander. As in 非聖無法 (slandering sages and disregarding laws). | A contrary hypothetical word. Like saying "not that it isn't." The Mencius says: "It is not that the walls are not high." | A continent name. Abbreviation for Africa.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ara.zu(あら-ず) あら-ず

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    非 (arazu・hi)

  • Related Keywords

    wrong not blame bad criticize deny mistake un- unfair non- abnormal contrary denial error exception fault irregular negation negative opposite prefix unconventional unusual without

Sentences including 非

  • I cannot find fault with him.

  • She walked very carefully.

  • John seems very honest by nature.

  • I want to see him at all costs.

  • I was much amused at the idea.

  • We were greatly amused by her story.

  • This is very important.

  • He worked so hard that he succeeded.

  • Your question is very hard to answer.

  • Parts of the book are quite good.

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