倍

Translingual

Han character

倍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿口 (OYTR), four-corner 2026₁, composition ⿰亻咅)

Derived characters

• 𭉩, 𡏧, 𣻃, 𬯑, 𦟋, 𫏚, 𪬽, 𬱎, 𫑒, 𠍭, 𡻓, 蓓, 𫂕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 760
• Dae Jaweon: page 228, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 183, character 4
• Unihan data for U+500D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倍
Small seal script s05828 Transcribed ancient scripts L15317
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːʔ) : semantic 人 + phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

倍

1. to double
2. Classifier for the number of times a value is multiplied: times; -fold

   一百倍  ―  yībǎi bèi  ―  hundredfold; one hundred times

3. exceptionally; especially
4. (Mandarin, colloquial) very; extremely

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

倍

1. ^† Alternative form of 背 (“to give up; to betray; to violate; to have one's back towards”)

   • 故君民者，子以愛之，則民親之；信以結之，則民不倍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故君民者，子以爱之，则民亲之；信以结之，则民不倍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Gù jūn mín zhě, zǐ yǐ ài zhī, zé mín qīn zhī; xìn yǐ jié zhī, zé mín bù bèi.

     Hence, when the ruler of the people loves them as his sons, they feel to him as a parent; when he binds them to himself by his good faith, they do not turn away from him.

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

倍

1. ^† Original form of 陪 (péi).
2. ^† Alternative form of 賠／赔 (péi)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ばい (bai, Jōyō); べ (be)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: そむく (somuku, 倍く); ます (masu, 倍す)

Compounds

Noun

倍(ばい) • (bai) 

1. twice, double, two times

   田(た)中(なか)さんの家(いえ)は私(わたし)の家(いえ)の倍(ばい)の大(おお)きさだ。

   Tanaka-san no ie wa watashi no ie no bai no ōkisa da.

   Tanaka's house is twice the size of mine.

   倍(ばい)にする

   bai ni suru

   to double

Antonyms

• 半(はん) (han, “half”)

Counter

倍(ばい) • (-bai) 

1. times, -fold

   この飛行機(ひこうき)はあの飛行機(ひこうき)よりも ３(さん)倍(ばい)速(はや)い。

   Kono hikōki wa ano hikōki yori mo san-bai hayai.

   This plane is a whole three times faster than that plane.

   ４(よん) の ５(ご)倍(ばい)

   yon no go-bai

   4 times 5

2. (typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, “fullwidth/-height”) or 1 em in Western typography

   Antonym: 分 (bu)

   2(に)倍(ばい)

   nibai

   2 ems

3. (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, ⁸⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 8 U (U) and ¹⁄₁₆ 段 (dan)

See also

• 倍(ばい)角(かく) (baikaku)

Korean

Hanja

倍 (eumhun 곱 배 (gop bae))

1. Hanja form^? of 배 (“twice; double”).

Compounds

• 배율 (倍率, baeyul, “magnification”)

Tày

Han character

倍 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of viòi.

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

倍: Hán Nôm readings: bội, bạu, bậu, bụa, buạ, vội

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