bèi
times
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
bèi
times, fold, multiple times; (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
Most common words with 倍
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
double | ||
to double | ||
to feel even more | ||
a hundredfold | ||
to double |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤəʔ | bwojX | bèi | double |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 21.4480% of movies
1527th most common character in movies
1392nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+500D |
Shuowen | “倍，反也。从人，咅聲。” |
Sources
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