非递推
fēi​dì​tuī

nonrecursive

非 fēi not

Depicts two people facing opposite directions.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (6 of 25 verified)

排罪悲菲辈匪啡斐徘裴诽腓绯扉翡蜚霏俳鲱痱悱鯡輩緋誹

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

靠靡

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpj+jpəj is not

說文解字

《說文》：“非，違也。从飛下翄，取其相背。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.824-825
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

递 dì hand over Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遞.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

弟
弟 Sound component
dì, di younger brother

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

推 tuī push

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthwojtʰˤuj push away

說文解字

《說文》：“推，排也。从手，隹聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

遞 dì hand over Traditional

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

虒
虒 Sound component
sī, xī, tí an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdejXlˤeʔalternate
Zhengzhangl'eːʔ
l'eːs
Unicodedhěi
dhèi

說文解字

更易也。从辵虒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)