Moto 非: Un-; Mistake; NegativeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヒ
- Kun'yomi
- あら(ず)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 438 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヒ)
- 非常ひじょうemergency
- 是非ぜひcertainly; without fail
- 非公式ひこうしきinformal; unofficial
- 非難ひなんcriticism; blame
- 非公開ひこうかいprivate; exclusive
- 非合法ひごうほうillegal; unlawful
- 非常勤ひじょうきんpart-time work
- 非行ひこうdelinquency; misconduct
- 非鉄金属ひてつきんぞくnonferrous metals
- 是か非かぜかひかright or wrong
- 是が非でもぜがひでもrightly or wrongly; by all possible means
- 是非ともぜひともby all means; at all costs
- 是非是非ぜひぜひcertainly; by all means
- 理非りひright and wrong
- 非ひfault; error
- 非凡ひぼんextraordinary; uncommon
- 非力ひりきpowerless; helpless
- 非合理ひごうりillogicality
- 非国民ひこくみんunpatriotic individual
- 非売品ひばいひんarticle not for sale
- 非常にひじょうにvery; extremely
- 非常口ひじょうぐちemergency exit
- 非常手段ひじょうしゅだんemergency measures
- 非常時ひじょうじtime of emergency; (in an) emergency
- 非常識ひじょうしきlack of common sense; thoughtlessness
- 非情ひじょうcold-hearted; callous
- 非戦闘員ひせんとういんnon-combatant; civilian
- 非業の死ひごうのしunnatural death; violent death
- 非生産的ひせいさんてきunproductive; counterproductive
- 非番ひばんoff duty
- 非礼ひれいimpoliteness
- 非道ひどうunjust; inhuman
- 今是昨非こんぜさくひcomplete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right
- 似て非なるにてひなるfalsely similar; counterfeit
- 国家非常事態こっかひじょうじたいstate of national emergency
- 大逆非道たいぎゃくひどうheinous; treacherous
- 強欲非道ごうよくひどうabnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
- 悪逆非道あくぎゃくひどうheinous; treacherous
- 昨非今是さくひこんぜcomplete reversal of values or ways of thinking
- 是是非非ぜぜひひfree and unbiased; fair and just
- 是是非非主義ぜぜひひしゅぎprinciple of being fair and just; fair and unbiased policy (unbiassed)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 人はパンのみにて生くるものに非ずひとはパンのみにていくるものにあらずman shall not live by bread alone
- 人はパンのみにて生くる者に非ずひとはパンのみにていくるものにあらずman shall not live by bread alone
- 人木石に非ずひとぼくせきにあらずman is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood
- 千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ずせんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらずto rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox
- 我にも非ずわれにもあらずabsentmindedly; in spite of oneself
Other readings
- 人非人にんぴにんinhuman person; fiend
- 似而非えせfalse; pseudo-
- 似非えせfalse; pseudo-
- 似非インテリえせインテリpseudo-intellectual
- 似非事えせごとlaughable affair; unlaudable affair
- 似非学者えせがくしゃpseudo-scholar; fake scholar
- 似非理屈えせりくつsophistry
- 似非科学えせかがくpseudoscience
- 似非笑いえせわらいsmirk; affected smile
- 似非者えせものsham; fraud
- 似非親えせおやdistant disinterested parent
- 先非せんぴpast misdeed; past error
- 前非ぜんぴpast misdeed; past error
- 是々非々ぜぜひひfree and unbiased; fair and just
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