匪
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bandit; (literary) not
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 匚 +8
- Structure
- Left enclosure 左包
- Traditional
- 匪
- Common rank
- #2,093
- Unicode
- U+532A
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
bandit · Heisig RSH #2678
box + jail cell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 匪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交情匪浅 | to be very close; to understand each other | |
| 匪徒集团 | gangster | |
| 白匪 | white bandit (i.e. Nationalist soldier) | |
| 匪夷所思 | unimaginable; outrageous; freakish | |
| 土匪 | bandit | |
| 受益匪浅 | to benefit (from) | |
| 共匪 | communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) | |
| 匪首 | bandit chief | |
| 散匪 | scattered bandits | |
| 胡匪 | bandit (old) | |
| 枪匪 | bandits with guns; an armed criminal; a gunman | |
| 警匪 | police and criminals; (genre of fiction) crime | |
| 赤匪 | red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) | |
| 匪徒 | gangster; bandit | |
| 匪穴 | bandit den; rebel stronghold | |
| 匪帮 | gang of bandits; criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) | |
| 匪盗 | bandit | |
| 盗匪 | bandit | |
| 劫匪 | bandit; robber | |
| 蔫土匪 | scoundrel with an honest demeanor |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 非 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非 sound part | not, negative, non-; to oppose | |
| 排 | row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove | |
| 悲 | sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry | |
| 菲 | fragrant; rich, luxuriant; the Philippines | |
| 辈 | generation, lifetime; contemporary | |
| 啡 | coffee; morphine | |
| 斐 | graceful, elegant, beautiful | |
| 腓 | leg, calf; to wither, to decay | |
| 蜚 | cockroach | |
| 翡 | kingfisher; jade, emerald | |
| 俳 | actor; vaudeville show; insincere | |
| 鲱 | herring | |
| 扉 | door panel | |
| 痱 | heat rash; prickly heat; ulcers | |
| 绯 | crimson, scarlet; purple | |
| 诽 | to condemn, to slander, to vilify | |
| 裴 | flowing gown; surname | |
| 悱 | overcome with emotion; at a loss for words | |
| 霏 | rainfall, snowfall |