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绯

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dark red; purple silk

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Strokes
11
Radical
糸 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
緋
Common rank
#4,710
Unicode
U+7EEF

Formation & memory

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How 绯 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “silk” + 非 sound ( fēi )

Components 纟 非

Words with 绯

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WordPinyinMeaning
绯胸鹦鹉 fēi xiōng yīng wǔ (bird species of China) red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
绯红 fēi hóng crimson; scarlet
绯闻 fēi wén sex scandal

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 非 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
非 sound part 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
斐 fěi graceful, elegant, beautiful
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
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