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not, un- 非
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Opposing wings 羽 are negative.
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Used in these characters:
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悲
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| sad
kanashii, HI
非
心
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Top: wrong, false 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite direction), bottom: heart 心
False hearts make me sad.
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罪
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| guilt, sin, crime, offense
tsumi, ZAI
罒
非
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Top: eye 罒, below: not 非 (opposed wings 羽)
The eyes do not want to see this guilt and sin.
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非
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| negative, not, un-, error
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Two wings 羽 in opposite directions: that's negative.
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俳
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| actor, Haiku-poem
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Left: person 亻/人, right: not 非 (two opposite wings 羽)
The person is "not himself" when acting. (And this: 非 might indicate the three lines of a haiku.)
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排
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| reject, repudiate, exclude, expel, push aside
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Left: hand 扌, right: not, to negate 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite directions)
This hand is negating: It is rejecting.
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輩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| comrade, fellow, person, companion
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Top: not/error 非 (opposite wings 羽), bottom: vehicle 車 (Here: 非 as two seats in this vehicle)
On these seats 非 of the vehicle sits first the senpai (先輩), then together with the kouhai (後輩): my comrade.
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扉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| front door, front page
tobira, HI
戸
非
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Left: door 戸, rest: not 非 (opposite wings 羽, but here: image of a double swing door)
The door with the double swing doors is the front door.
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