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扉

fēi
noun #55,109

Meanings

  1. 1 door leaf; one panel of a door
  2. 2 title page (of a book)

Examples

她的话打动了我的心扉。
Tā de huà dǎdòng le wǒ de xīnfēi.
Her words touched my heart.
扉页上印着作者的名字。
Fēiyè shàng yìn zhe zuòzhě de míngzi.
The author's name is printed on the title page.

Tips

memory
Two everyday compounds carry it: 心扉 (the 'door' of the heart, used for opening up emotionally) and 扉页 (the title page that opens a book). Picture a door swinging open in both.

Components

radical
户 hù
door; household
Top-left 户 is the single-leaf door radical (originally a picture of one door panel). It is the meaning core: 扉 is literally a door leaf.
phonetic
非 fēi
not; wrong
Lower-right 非 supplies the exact sound fēi. Its two mirror-image halves also faintly suggest a pair of door panels, but its job here is the phonetic.

Stroke Order

扉 fēi