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To reply to your question how 琲 can mean "necklace" (though Japanese dictionaries usually just say "a decoration that strings together pearls", which necklace would be one possible interpretation for): It's because its meaning is mainly derived from ⺩in it, i.e., 玉, which suggests "jewel". 非 is mainly a phonetic component of the kanji. However, if you really want to assign the 非 component some meaning, then you need to keep in mind that 非 does not only suggest "wrong", but at its base it's about something having two parts, which are arranged or split in some way. So 非 alone means wrong because it's the same symbol written twice, but inverted/reversed. But in composite kanji, it can also suggest other stuff, like "leaning" (think two backs leaning on each other), or the two wings of a door, or "splitting things into left and right" (so if you use your hands to do that (排), you push something aside). And here, it suggests "arranging along left to right". What do you arrange here? Jewels. So what do you get? A decoration that is a string of jewels; so a necklace.