The Chinese Radical: 非




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Meaning
wrong    非

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
to not be, wrong, incorrect, non-, Africa
fēi
Two wings 习 = 羽
Two wings in opposite directions: that's an error.
HSK 2
coffee
fēi
Left: mouth 口, right: denying 非 (wings 羽 are opposing each other, but here as the image of a filter 非)
It is for the mouth and comes through the filter: coffee = 咖啡 [kāfēi].
HSK 4
to set in order, a row, a line
pái, pǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: not 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite directions, here: three 三 elements at two rows ||
The hand sets three elements at two rows: in an order.
HSK 5
sadness, sorrow, grief
bēi
Top: wrong 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite direction), below: heart 心
Wrong hearts make me sad.
HSK 5
contemporaries, generation, lifetime
bèi
Top: not 非 (inverted wings 习), below: vehicle 车/車 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二)
Like the wings of a vehicle, the generations move towards the contemporary.
HSK 5
intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
huì
Top: comet 彗 (It does not 非 fall into your hands /彐: The comet), bottom: heart 心 [非 = reversed wings]
Anyone who converts reversed wings 非 by hand into double wings and has a heart is intelligent.
HSK 5
to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to depend on
kào
Top: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口 to announce sth.), bottom: deny 非 (wings 羽 in contrary)
The cow announces that it wants to lean on the wings.
HSK 6
sin, crime, guilt, blame
zuì
Top: eye 罒, below: not 非 (opposed wings 羽)
The eyes do not want to see these sins and crimes.
HSK 6
to hesitate, irresolute, to dither
pái
Left: go 彳, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
When the "going" is denied, you are hesitating.
HSK 6
slander, libel, condemn
fěi
Left: word 讠/言, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
Words of denial are slander.
no HSK
luxuriant (plant growth), Philippines 菲律宾
fēi
Top: grass 艹, bottom: not/denial 非 (opposing wings 羽)
Grass is often denied (= rejected) because it grows too luxuriant.
no HSK
gangster, bandit
fěi
Outside: embracement 匚 and: not 非 (inverted wings 羽)
Within our embracement (= area) we do not want him: The gangster!
no HSK
elegant, (phonetic) fěi, phi (Greek letter φ)
fěi
Top: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽, here: lines and columns), below: text/language 文
If you arrange it in lines and columns, the text is: elegant.
no HSK
wasted, extravagant, go with fashion, not
mí, mǐ
Top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: deny 非 (inverted wings 羽)
(A versatile useful plant:) If the hemp is denied/refused, it is wasteful!
no HSK
surname Pei
péi
Top: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽), bottom: clothes 衤/衣
The one who has no clothes, is: Mr. Péi.
no HSK
calf of leg, decay, protect
féi
Left: body part 月/肉, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
At the lower leg || (= tibia & fibula) it extends 三 (backwards), the: calf.
no HSK
comet
huì
Top: variation of: 'not' 非 (shows opposite wings 羽), bottom: hand /彐
It does not fall into your hands: The comet.
no HSK
scarlet, dark red
fēi
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
A thread (by its own), can not be: scarlet. (because this dark red needs a two-dimensional spread to develop the color effect)

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