féi

calf

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

非 sound component

  Sound component

fēi

  

not

Evolution

腓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

féi

calf; avoid; be ill; wither; calf of leg; decay; protect

Most common words with 腓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

decay

腓骨

fibula

腓肠肌

calf muscle

腓肠

calf (of the leg)

腓尼基

Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea