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非

Not, Un-
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingヒ
Kun readingあら.ず
JōyōGrade 5Level 17

Verbs with «非»

非難する
  1. fault
  2. error
  3. mistake
  4. going poorly
  5. being disadvantageous

Homonyms

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Same reading (ひ)
火 · fire日 · day否 · no比 · ratio費 · cost灯 · light妃 · princess

Popular Usage

非常に是非

Radicals and components

Radical非wrong

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

jail cell · prison bars

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1760

Compound words

非常にひじょうに
very; extremely; exceedingly
是非ぜひ
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
非才ひさい
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
是非是非ぜひぜひ
certainly; by all means
非難ひなん
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
非行ひこう
delinquency; misconduct
非常ひじょう
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary; remarkable
非礼ひれい
impoliteness
非公開ひこうかい
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
非公式ひこうしき
informal; unofficial
非合法ひごうほう
illegal; unlawful
非常口ひじょうぐち
emergency exit
非常識ひじょうしき
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
非常勤ひじょうきん
part-time work
是非ともぜひとも
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
非鉄金属ひてつきんぞく
non-ferrous metal
似非えせ
false
非凡ひぼん
extraordinary
似而非えせ
false
似非事えせごと
laughable affair
似非者えせもの
sham
似非親えせおや
distant disinterested parent
人非人にんぴにん
inhuman person
非晶質ひしょうしつ
amorphous

Additional Examples

彼は非常識だ。
He lacks common sense.tatoeba
彼は非常ボタンをおした。
He pushed the emergency button.tatoeba
多く非常に高価。
Many of them are very expensive.wiki
非常に太い銀杏髷。
This hairstyle was quite a large type of Ichomage.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Not; wrong. Two wings turned away from each other — disagreement, 'not right'.Also known as “Injustice”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 非

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