English

We realize ads are a pain, but ...

This free page is supported by advertising.
To view our free content, please disable your ad blocker on Nihongo-Pro.com.

AdBlockPlus (ABP)

AdBlock

uBlock

Kanji: 非
Try our free kanji games and free kana games!

Report Issue

Question Number:

Please describe the issue or error:

Email Address (optional):

KANJI

非

8 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓

あらず

ON 音

ヒ

STROKE ORDER

Slow

Fast

Animation data provided by KanjiVG

JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	非 Radical name: あらず
Meaning:	Un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 450 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	非常(ひじょう)に	extremely
N3	是非(ぜひ)	certainly, without fail
N3	非常(ひじょう)	emergency, extraordinary, unusual
N1	是非(ぜひ)とも	by all means (with sense of not taking no for an answer)
N1	非(ひ)	faulty-, non-
N1	非行(ひこう)	delinquency, misconduct
N1	非難(ひなん)	blame, attack, criticism

Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Meet Our Japanese Teachers