非 – un-, mistake, negative

8 strokesTaught in grade 5#472 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 非 means un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あら.ず (arazu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 非 (no. 175).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	あら.ず	arazu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 非 (Kangxi radical 175).

Words using 非

是非ぜひcertainly非常にひじょうにvery非常ひじょうemergency非行ひこうdelinquency非ひfault非難ひなんcriticism

Example sentences

「キャッチボールしようか」「よし、是非やろう」

"How about playing catch?" "Sure, why not?"

Tatoeba #236631

その頃、私は非常に貧乏だった。

I was very poor in those days.

Tatoeba #210559

非常の場合は警察を呼びなさい。

Call the police in an emergency.

Tatoeba #85759

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