非
Meaning
- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
Example sentence
南非很远。
South Africa is far away.
The character 非
非 draws two wings turned away from each other: not. 非常 is literally not-ordinary, meaning very; 除非 is unless; 非法 is illegal. It is the formal negative where speech uses 不.