bèi
generation, lifetime
Original meaning:
large group of chariots
Phonosemantic compound. 车 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". Simplified form of 輩.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 辈
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(for) a lifetime | ||
lifetime | ||
senior | ||
lifetime | ||
half of a lifetime |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 32.7086% of movies
1235th most common character in movies
1477th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8F88 |
Sources
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