Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

倍: double, twice

Also: times, fold

JLPT N210 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 咅 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

バイbai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 百倍ひゃくばいhundredfold
  • 倍率ばいりつmagnification rate
  • 倍数ばいすうmultiple [n.]
  • 倍増するばいぞうするdouble
  • 倍ばいdouble; twice (as much)
  • 倍増ばいぞう
  • 人一倍ひといちばい(much) more than others; exceedingly

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“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

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咅

Also built on 咅

倍 takes the 咅 family's reading, バイ (bai).

Also read バイ

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
倍 double · 亻
vs剖 divide · 刂
倍 has 亻 where 剖 has 刂.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bèi

Same form: 倍 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
倍 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
倍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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