匪

Translingual

Han character

匪 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一卜 (SLMY), four-corner 7171₁, composition ⿷匚非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2629
• Dae Jaweon: page 346, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 87, character 1
• Unihan data for U+532A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匪
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pɯlʔ) : semantic 匚 (“box”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl)

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

匪

1. robber; bandit; gangster

   土匪  ―  tǔfěi  ―  bandit

   綁匪／绑匪  ―  bǎngfěi  ―  kidnapper

   匪徒  ―  fěitú  ―  bandit; gangster; vagabond; robber

2. (Taiwan, officialese, historical, derogatory) of or relating to the "Communist bandits" (共匪 (gòngfěi))

   匪諜／匪谍  ―  fěi dié  ―  (derogatory) communist spy

   毛匪澤東／毛匪泽东  ―  Máo fěi Zédōng  ―  (derogatory) Mao Zedong

   • 1994, 岳渭仁、冬卉、向東華、曉晴, 外國人眼中的蔣介石和宋美齡, →ISBN, page 14:

     一般地説，我們叫他們「蔣介石集團」。在報紙上我們有時叫他匪；反過來他也叫我們匪。 [MSC, trad.]
     一般地说，我们叫他们「蒋介石集团」。在报纸上我们有时叫他匪；反过来他也叫我们匪。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yībān dì shuō, wǒmen jiào tāmen “Jiǎngjièshí jítuán”. Zài bàozhǐ shàng wǒmen yǒushí jiào tā fěi; fǎnguòlái tā yě jiào wǒmen fěi.

     In general, we call them "Chiang Kai-shek clique". On newspapers we often call them bandits, conversely they also call us bandits.

3. (literary) not

   匪夷所思  ―  fěiyísuǒsī  ―  not what an ordinary person can imagine; unusual; fantastic

   • 我心匪石，不可轉也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我心匪石，不可转也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǒ xīn fěi shí, bù kě zhuǎn yě.

     My mind is not a stone; -
     It cannot be rolled about.

   • 夙夜匪懈，主義是從。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     夙夜匪懈，主义是从。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: National Anthem of the Republic of China

     Sùyè fěi xiè, zhǔyì shì cóng.

     Without resting day or night, follow the Principles.

4. ^† Original form of 篚 (fěi, “bamboo basket”).
5. ^† dishonorable; improper (behavior)
6. ^† that; those
7. ^† Alternative form of 斐

   • 有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu fěi jūnzǐ, rú qiē rú cuō, rú zhuó rú mó.

     There is our elegant and accomplished prince, -
     As from the knife and the file,
     As from the chisel and the polisher!

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

匪

1. Only used in 匪匪.

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

匪

1. Alternative form of 分

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bandit, gangster, rogue

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: あらず (arazu, 匪ず); かたみ (katami); はこ (hako, 匪)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

匪 • (bi, bun) (hangeul 비, 분, revised bi, bun, McCune–Reischauer pi, pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

匪: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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