非ず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
非
あら Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Glyph origin

The use of the kanji 非 is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 非 (fēi, “not be, is not”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 非ず – see the following entry.

【あらず】 [verb] 非ず, 有らず, 在らず: [from 700s] (Classical Japanese or literary) negative of あり [interjection] 非ず: [from late 800s] (archaic, possibly obsolete) no, wrong [interjection] 非ず: [from late 900s] (archaic, possibly obsolete) never mind Alternative spellings 有らず, 在らず

(This term, 非ず, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)