非

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/非

Glyph origin
- two wings facing opposite directions, meaning "not".

Etymology
is the fusion of the negation particle and the copula, attested in oracle bone inscriptions.

Definitions

 * 1) not be; is not; not
 * 2) to run counter to; to not conform to
 * 3)  NOT
 * 4) wrong; incorrect
 * 5) to reproach; to blame
 * 6)   to have got to; to simply must
 * 7)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)  NOT
 * 2) wrong; incorrect
 * 3) to reproach; to blame
 * 4)   to have got to; to simply must
 * 5)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   to have got to; to simply must
 * 2)   the Middle Chinese initial of
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Prefix

 * 1) negative prefix: in-, non-, un-

Compounds

 * : heartlessness
 * : emergency exit
 * : emergency, extraordinary, unusual
 * : criticize, blame, reproach
 * : delinquency, misconduct

Noun

 * 1) evil, wrong, wrongdoing

Etymology
From.