斐
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phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 文 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 斐
- Common rank
- #3,043
- Unicode
- U+6590
Formation & memory
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Words with 斐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法兰西斯·斐迪南 | Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assa… | |
| 斐理伯书 | Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians | |
| 拉斐尔 | Raphael | |
| 拉斐特 | Lafayette | |
| 斐理伯 | Philip, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus (Catholic transliteration) | |
| 斐迪南 | Ferdinand (name) | |
| 斐波那契 | Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), Italian mathematician | |
| 杰斐逊城 | Jefferson City, capital of Missouri | |
| 布斐 | (loanword) buffet | |
| 斐然 | (literary) of great literary talent; (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant; outstandi… | |
| 斐济 | Fiji, a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean |
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 | |
| 匪 | bandits, robbers, gangsters | |
| 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 |