腓
calf of leg; decay; protect
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,351 U+8153
How 腓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 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 |
| 斐 | fěi | graceful, elegant, beautiful |
| 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 腓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腓利门书 | Féi lì mén shū | Epistle of St Paul to Philemon |
| 腓立比书 | Féi lì bǐ shū | Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians |
| 腓特烈斯塔 | Féi tè liè sī tǎ | Fredrikstad (city in Østfold, Norway) |
| 腓尼基 | Féi ní jī | Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea |
| 腓立比 | Féi lì bǐ | Philippi, ancient Macedonian city |
| 腓力 | Féi lì | Philip, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus (Protestant transliteration) |
| 腓肠肌 | féi cháng jī | calf muscle; gastrocnemius muscle |
| 腓骨 | féi gǔ | fibula; calf bone |
| 腓肠 | féi cháng | calf (of the leg) |