漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
斐: beautiful, patterned
JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
非 and 文 carry the meaning
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 斐然ひぜんbeautiful; florid
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 甲斐かいresult (that makes an act worthwhile)
- 生き甲斐いきがいreason for living; something one lives for
Also read イ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Civilization begins with a single mark. Whether it’s a beautiful pattern on a piece of pottery or a word inscribed on a page, this radical is the soul of human culture.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side斐 beautiful · 文
vs扉 front door · 戸In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fěi
Same form: 斐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 斐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 斐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fěi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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