非 — 8 strokes / Radical「非」
道6Elementary year 5 / 8 strokes / Radical「非」
- On
- ヒひ · hi
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- non-; wrong; not
Stroke order
Origin
A bird's wings spread to left and right, turned away from each other — hence "not, contrary, wrong."
Readings and examples
| Onヒひhi | 非難ひなん非常ひじょう是非ぜひ |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 非常ひじょう
emergency; extreme
- 是非ぜひ
by all means; right and wrong
- 非常口ひじょうぐち
- 非難ひなん
Example
ぜひ、非常口を覚えておこう。
By all means, let's remember where the emergency exit is.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)