匪

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

• KangXi: 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

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, OC *pɯlʔ) : semantic 匚 (“box”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl)

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, no longer common) of or relating to the "Communist bandits" (共匪 (gòngfěi))

   日匪友好協會／日匪友好协会  ―  rìfěi yǒuhǎo xiéhuì  ―  (derogatory) China-Japan Friendship Association

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

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. [Pinyin]

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

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

   • 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. [Pinyin]

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

匪

1. Only used in 匪匪.

匪

1. Alternative form of 分 (fēn).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bandit, gangster, rogue

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

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

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匪: Hán Nôm readings: phỉ

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