菲
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luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,361 U+83F2
How 菲 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 非 (phonetic, fēi)
How to remember it
humble · Heisig RSH #2632
flower + jail cell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 菲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯普林菲尔德 | Sī pǔ lín fēi ěr dé | Springfield |
| 费拉德尔菲亚 | Fèi lā dé ěr fēi yà | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; abbr. to 費城|费城[Fei4 cheng2] |
| 菲力克斯 | Fēi lì kè sī | Felix (name) |
| 菲尼克斯 | Fēi ní kè sī | Phoenix, capital of Arizona; also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2] |
| 菲尔普斯 | Fēi ěr pǔ sī | Phelps (name); Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist |
| 普罗科菲夫 | Pǔ luó kē fēi fū | Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer |
| 雪菲尔德 | Xuě fēi ěr dé | Sheffield (City in England) |
| 菲尔特 | Fēi ěr tè | Fürth (city in Germany) |
| 菲德尔 | Fēi dé ěr | Fidel (name) |
| 菲亚特 | Fēi yà tè | Fiat |
| 拉菲草 | lā fēi cǎo | raffia (loanword) |
| 齐格菲防线 | Qí gé fēi Fáng xiàn | Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII |
| 菲力牛排 | fēi lì niú pái | fillet steak |
| 菲利普 | Fēi lì pǔ | (name) Philip |
| 埃菲尔铁塔 | Āi fēi ěr Tiě tǎ | Eiffel Tower |
| 艾菲尔铁塔 | Ài fēi ěr Tiě tǎ | (Tw) Eiffel Tower |
| 额菲尔士 | É fēi ěr shì | Everest (name); Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India … |
| 洛克菲勒 | Luò kè fēi lè | Rockefeller |
| 菲律宾大学 | Fēi lǜ bīn Dà xué | University of the Philippines |
| 索菲亚 | Suǒ fēi yà | Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) |