Hanja Analyzer
斐

斐 — bi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아롱질 비
Romanization
bi
English
graceful, elegant, beautiful
Mandarin
fěi
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ
Japanese kun'yomi
あや
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,103 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
文 (67, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
非(비)
Unicode
U+6590

Parts that make up 斐

  • 非 아닐 비sound 등을 맞댄 두 날개아니다와 어긋나는 것
  • 文 글월 문 몸에 새긴 무늬무늬와 글월

Korean example words with 斐

  • 비비斐斐 Korean gloss: ‘비비하다’의 어근.
  • 유비군자有斐君子 Korean gloss: 아름다운 광채가 나는 군자라는 뜻으로, 학식과 인격이 훌륭한 사람을 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 斐

  • 甲斐かい result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value
  • 斐然ひぜん beautiful; florid
  • 斐紙ひし traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy)
  • 甲斐性かいしょう resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability
  • 年甲斐としがい one's age
  • 甲斐路かいじ bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat
  • し甲斐しがい value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling
  • 甲斐犬かいけん Kai Ken (Japanese dog breed)
  • 有斐閣ゆうひかく Yūhikaku (law book publisher)
  • 甲斐なしかいなし worthlessness; uselessness; hopelessness
  • 友達甲斐ともだちがい true friendship
  • 遣り甲斐やりがい value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling

Characters sharing the phonetic 非

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 文

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