非 fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 非 — not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
非常
fēicháng
very, extremely
Characters in this word
常 cháng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 尚 still, yet 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个非常好。 Zhège fēicháng hǎo. This is very good.
- 今天非常冷。 Jīntiān fēicháng lěng. It's extremely cold today.
- 她非常喜欢看书。 Tā fēicháng xǐhuan kàn shū. She really loves reading.