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Kanji Detail for 非 - "wrong, not, blame"

  • Meaning

    非 means "wrong, not, blame."

    1. Wrong - Not correct; mistaken.

    2. Not - Negation; denial.

    3. Blame - To criticize; to find fault.

    4. Un- - A prefix meaning not.

  • 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.
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