非(fēi)

HSK 18 strokes

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

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Character information

Pinyin
fēi
Meaning
abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 非 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰？？

Two bird's wings opposed; two people back-to-back

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

How to write 非 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 非

Common words using 非 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bìng并fēi非
HSK 7-9

really isn't

Open 并非 page →
sì似shì是ér而fēi非
HSK 7-9

apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

Open 似是而非 page →
shì是fēi非
HSK 7-9

right and wrong

Open 是非 page →
zhōng中fēi非

China-Africa (relations); Central Africa; Central African Republic

Open 中非 page →
běi北fēi非

North Africa

Open 北非 page →
yà亚fēi非lā拉

Asia, Africa and Latin America

Open 亚非拉 page →
jīn今fēi非xī昔bǐ比

(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed

Open 今非昔比 page →
sì似dǒng懂fēi非dǒng懂

to not really understand

Open 似懂非懂 page →

Related characters

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一七三上下不东两

From 非’s common words

并似是而中北亚拉

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