非

fei

not, non-, wrong

非官方 "Unofficial" (lit. "not official"); 是非 – "right and wrong.

非议 – to criticize or disapprove (lit. “not approving words”)

非传统 non-traditional; 非法 illegal; 非人类 non-human

Symbolizes a bird spreading its wings wide; each wing, when spread out, will not meet the other wing. Therefore it is used as negation.

排

pai

to arrange / line up

to reject / exclude

a row, series 

排挤 to squeeze out; to ostracize; 前排 front row

排版 typesetting/layout

a hand (扌) handles what is wrong (非) by rejecting or arranging it

啡

fei

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Originally meant to ‘signify’ snoring, which is an uncomfortable (非) sound (口) made during sleep. Now used as a transliterator to write words from foreign languages such as coffee (咖啡)., or morphine (吗啡)

他不是医生。 He is not a doctor. (neutral statement)

他无医生执照。He has no doctor’s license. (absence)

他非法行医。He illegally practices medicine. (categorical opposition)