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輩

輩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. なかま、ともがら。
  2. 並び。順序。
  3. 並べる。連ねる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「車」 + 音符「非」。「ならべる」を意味する漢語｛輩｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

comrade, fellow, people, companions

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハイJHS
Kun (native)
  • 〜ばら
  • やから
  • やかい
  • ともがら
Other languages
  • 拼音bei4
  • 한글bae
  • Hán-ViệtBối

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
車(くるま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8F29

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱非車

Words using this kanji

  • 輩出はいしゅつ優れた人材が次々と世に出ること。 優れた人材を続けて出すこと。producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other
  • 輩やから（族）同じ血筋の者。一家。一門。眷属。うから。 （輩）同類。仲間。連中。手合。ともがら。やつら。 （輩）素行の悪い人。不良。乱暴な人。party (of people), set (of people), clan, family
  • 輩ともがら仲間。同類の人々。comrade, fellow
  • 輩ばらなかま、ともがら。 並び。順序。 並べる。連ねる。suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
  • 輩はいなかま、ともがら。 並び。順序。 並べる。連ねる。group, gang, bunch

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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