The Chinese Radical: 非


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Meaning
wrong    非

Explanation

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