Kanji 倍

音読おんよみ: バイ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Double / Times / Multiply

  • ばい — times / double
  • 二倍にばい — twice / two times
  • 倍増ばいぞう — double increase
  • 倍率ばいりつ — magnification rate
  • 倍加ばいか — doubling / increase

倍 is composed of the radical 亻 (にんべん) indicating a person, and the right side, 咅, provides the sound. It originally referred to someone who stands in place of another — hence "double" or "multiple". Today, it's widely used to express multiplication or comparison.

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