bèi
generation, lifetime
Original meaning:
large group of chariots
Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "large group of chariots". The meaning later shifted to "group of things" and "generation".
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 輩
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(for) a lifetime | ||
lifetime | ||
senior | ||
lifetime | ||
half of a lifetime |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 32.7086% of movies
1235th most common character in movies
1477th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8F29 |
Shuowen | “輩，若軍發車百兩為一輩。从車，非聲。” |
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