非

非 (Kangxi radical 175, 非+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中一尸卜 (LMSY) or 中一卜卜卜 (LMYYY), four-corner 1111₁, composition ⿰⿰三丨⿰丨三(G) or ⿰⿰⿱𠄟㇀丿⿰丨三(HTK) or ⿰⿻⿰𠄟丿㇀⿰丨三(J) or ⿰⿰三丿⿰丨三(V))

• Appendix:Chinese radical/非
• 俳, 陫, 排, 啡, 徘, 猅, 渄, 悱, 婔, 㫵, 琲, 棑, 腓, 裶, 緋(绯), 誹(诽), 䠊, 輫, 䤵, 馡, 騑(𬴂), 鯡(鲱)
• 毴, 剕, 䫍, 菲, 暃, 罪, 霏, 韭, 㐟, 奜, 婓, 棐, 㹃, 猆, 㻗, 斐, 悲, 裴, 蜚, 翡, 輩(辈), 餥, 裵, 䥆
• 匪, 厞, 屝, 扉, 痱

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42585
• Dae Jaweon: page 1894, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4086, character 1
• Unihan data for U+975E

Pictogram (象形) - two wings facing opposite directions. Originally, it represented wings; then, according to Xu Shen, its meaning changed into "leave; disobey" (違). Eventually, it was used perhaps as a phonetic loan to mean "not to be".

Unrelated to the Kangxi radical 韭.

非 (OC *pɯj) is the fusion of the negation particle 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “not”) and the copula 惟 (OC *ɢʷi, “to be”), attested in oracle bone inscriptions.

非

1. not be; is not; not

   非常  ―  fēicháng  ―  unusual

   • 臣弒其君，子弒其父，非一朝一夕之故。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣弑其君，子弑其父，非一朝一夕之故。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Chén shì qí jūn, zǐ shì qí fù, fēi yīzhāoyīxī zhī gù. [Pinyin]

     The murder of a ruler by his minister, or of his father by a son, is not the result of the events of one morning or one evening.

   • 子貢曰：「管仲非仁者與？」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     子贡曰：「管仲非仁者与？」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, Wiktionary translation

     Zǐ Gòng yuē: “Guǎn Zhòng fēi rén zhě yú?” [Pinyin]

     Zi Gong said, "Guan Zhong, I apprehend, was not a virtuous person."

2. to run counter to; to not conform to

   非法  ―  fēifǎ  ―  illegal

   • 子曰：「非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     子曰：「非礼勿视，非礼勿听，非礼勿言，非礼勿动。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Fēilǐ wù shì, fēilǐ wù tīng, fēilǐ wù yán, fēilǐ wù dòng.” [Pinyin]

     The Master replied, "Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety."

3. (logic) NOT
4. wrong; incorrect

   是非  ―  shìfēi  ―  right and wrong

5. to reproach; to blame

   無可厚非／无可厚非  ―  wúkěhòufēi  ―  to give no cause for criticism

   • 為上則不能愛下，為下則好非其上，是人之一必窮也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     为上则不能爱下，为下则好非其上，是人之一必穷也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wéi shàng zé bùnéng ài xià, wéi xià zé hào fēi qí shàng, shì rén zhī yī bì qióng yě. [Pinyin]

     If, as a superior he cannot love his subordinates, or if, as a subordinate, he likes to reproach his superiors — this is the first case in which a person is sure to suffer.

6. (colloquial) Used to insist on something. to have got to; to simply must

   不行，我非得走。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Bùxíng, wǒ fēi děi zǒu. [Pinyin]

   No, I must go.

   • (Can we date this quote?), 田连元, 05:00 from the start, in 施公案 (评书), episode 2:

     —「[…]，你往这儿住啊？小样，住得起吗你？快走吧你！」
     —「那我要非往里住呢？」 [MSC, simp.]
     —「[…]，你往這兒住啊？小樣，住得起嗎你？快走吧你！」
     —「那我要非往裡住呢？」 [MSC, trad.]

     - “[…], nǐ wàng zhèr zhù a? Xiǎoyàngr, zhù d qǐ m nǐ? Kuài zǒu ba nǐ!”
     - “Nà wǒ yào fēi wàng lǐ zhù ne?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015, “空姐之歌”, performed by 关晓彤:

     让你调直座椅靠背你非不调　让你拉开遮光板你不拉　不让你开行李架你非开　飞机正在起飞你非站起来 [MSC, simp.]
     讓你調直座椅靠背你非不調　讓你拉開遮光板你不拉　不讓你開行李架你非開　飛機正在起飛你非站起來 [MSC, trad.]

     ràng nǐ tiáo zhí zuòyǐ kàobèi nǐ fēi bù tiáo, ràng nǐ lā kāi zhēguāngbǎn nǐ bù lā, bù ràng nǐ kāi xínglǐjià nǐ fēi kāi, fēijī zhèngzài qǐfēi nǐ fēi zhàn qǐlái [Pinyin]

     [I] let you adjust the seat back vertical, you insist on not adjusting. [I] let you pull up the window blinds, you don't pull. [I] don't let you open up the overhead bin, you insist on opening it. The plane is taking off, and you insist on standing up.

7. short for 非洲 (Fēizhōu, “Africa”)

   北非  ―  běifēi  ―  North Africa

8. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 非 (MC pj+j)

• “非”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “非”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, pages 185, 191.

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: それる (soreru)、そしる (soshiru, 非る)、あらず (arazu, 非ず)

(accent only applies as a noun)

• (Tokyo) ひ [híꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çi]

非(ひ) • (hi-) 

1. negative prefix: in-, non-, un-

• 非情(ひじょう) (hijō): heartlessness
• 非(ひ)常(じょう)口(ぐち) (hijōguchi): emergency exit
• 非常(ひじょう) (hijō): emergency, extraordinary, unusual
• 非難(ひなん) (hinan): criticize, blame, reproach
• 非行(ひこう) (hikō): delinquency, misconduct

非(ひ) • (hi) 

1. evil, wrong, wrongdoing

   Antonym: 是 (ze)

From Middle Chinese 非 (MC pj+j). Recorded as Middle Korean 비 (pi) (Yale: pi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

• (in 비단 (非但, bidan)):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [비]
• (not; un-; in-; non-; etc.):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pi(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [비(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource

非 (eumhun 아닐 비 (anil bi))

1. hanja form^? of 비 (“not”)
2. hanja form^? of 비 (“un-; in-; non-”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

非: Hán Nôm readings: phi^[1]

1. chữ Hán form of phi (“not”)
2. chữ Hán form of phi (“un-; in-; non-”)