匪

fěi
#2,196 most
frequent character
bandit, (literary) not

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

匪 fěi has 匚 box as meaning part and 非 fēi as sound part. A box or basket gives original 'bamboo basket'; later the word was borrowed for its sound to mean 'not,' and from that grew 'immoral behavior' and 'bandit.'

匪 as a component in other characters

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Homophones

菲fěi
poor, humble, unworthy, radish (old)

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