斐
phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,043 U+6590
How 斐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
文 (semantic, “culture”) + 非 (phonetic, fēi)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 非
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 非 (fēi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非 sound component | fēi | not, negative, non-; to oppose |
| 排 | pái | row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove |
| 悲 | bēi | sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry |
| 菲 | fēi | fragrant; rich, luxuriant; the Philippines |
| 辈 | bèi | generation, lifetime; contemporary |
| 啡 | fēi | coffee; morphine |
| 匪 | fěi | bandits, robbers, gangsters |
| 腓 | féi | leg, calf; to wither, to decay |
| 蜚 | fēi | cockroach |
| 翡 | fěi | kingfisher; jade, emerald |
| 俳 | pái | actor; vaudeville show; insincere |
| 鲱 | fēi | herring |
| 扉 | fēi | door panel |
| 痱 | fèi | heat rash; prickly heat; ulcers |
| 绯 | fēi | crimson, scarlet; purple |
| 诽 | fěi | to condemn, to slander, to vilify |
| 裴 | péi | flowing gown; surname |
| 悱 | fěi | overcome with emotion; at a loss for words |
| 霏 | fēi | rainfall, snowfall |
Words containing 斐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法兰西斯·斐迪南 | Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán | Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assa… |
| 斐理伯书 | Fěi lǐ bó shū | Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians |
| 拉斐尔 | Lā fěi ěr | Raphael |
| 拉斐特 | Lā fěi tè | Lafayette |
| 斐理伯 | Fěi lǐ bó | Philip, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus (Catholic transliteration) |
| 斐迪南 | Fěi dí nán | Ferdinand (name) |
| 斐波那契 | Fěi bō nà qì | Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), Italian mathematician |
| 杰斐逊城 | Jié fěi xùn chéng | Jefferson City, capital of Missouri |
| 布斐 | bù fěi | (loanword) buffet |
| 斐然 | fěi rán | (literary) of great literary talent; (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant; outstandi… |
| 斐济 | Fěi jì | Fiji, a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean |