Today’s ＃Kanji is 非, which is a logogram indicating 2 wings of a bird working against each other. 非 makes its own radical.
Meaning: not, to be against, bad, etc.
Reading: ヒ（ピ）、あら*
非（ヒ）: a mistake, an error, a fault, injustice, disadvantage
非（ヒ）- is a prefix equivalent to non-, un-, and anti-, in English.
非課税（ヒカゼイ）: tax exemption
非行（ヒコウ）: misconduct, misbehaviour, a bad deed
非公式（ヒコウシキ）の/な: informal, unofficial, private
非業（ヒゴウ）の死（シ）: unnatural death, a violent death
非常（ヒジョウ）に: very, extremely, extraordinarily
非難（ヒナン）する: to criticize, to blame, to reproach
是非（ゼヒ）: right or wrong, pros and cons; by all means, without fail
前非（ゼンピ）: a past sin, a past error
理非（リヒ）: the rights and wrongs, the relative merits
非（あら）ず: not
さに非ず: Not so.
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