輩

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See also: 辈
輩 U+8F29, 輩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F29
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 輪 →

Translingual

Han character

輩 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中卜十田十 (LYJWJ), four-corner 11506, composition ⿱非車)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1245, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38398
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1722, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3538, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8F29

Chinese

trad. 輩
simp. 辈
alternative forms 軰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (非) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
啡 *pʰɯːlʔ
排 *brɯːl
俳 *brɯːl
輫 *brɯːl, *buːl
悲 *prɯl
棑 *breː, *brɯːls
輩 *puːls
裴 *buːl, *bɯl
徘 *buːl
琲 *buːlʔ
痱 *buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
非 *pɯl
扉 *pɯl
緋 *pɯl
猆 *pɯl
斐 *pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
馡 *pɯl
騑 *pɯl, *pʰɯl
誹 *pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥 *pɯl, *pɯlʔ
匪 *pɯlʔ
棐 *pɯlʔ
蜚 *pɯlʔ, *bɯls
篚 *pɯlʔ
榧 *pɯlʔ
鯡 *pɯls
霏 *pʰɯl
菲 *pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔 *pʰɯl
裶 *pʰɯl
悱 *pʰɯlʔ
奜 *pʰɯlʔ
腓 *bɯl, *bɯls
陫 *bɯlʔ
屝 *bɯls
厞 *bɯls
翡 *bɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *puːls) : semantic 車 + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Pronunciation

Note: bèir - “lifetime”.
Rime
Character 輩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 補妹切
Baxter pwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/puʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/puoiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/puɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pwəjH/
Li
Rong 		/puᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/puɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/puɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bui3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 輩
Reading # 1/1
No. 3070
Phonetic
component 		非
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		背
Old
Chinese 		/*puːls/

Definitions

輩

  1. people of a certain kind; class; cohort
  2. seniority among generations in a family or clan; position in the family hierarchy
  3. lifetime
  4. a surname: Bei

Synonyms

  • (seniority among generations):
  • (lifetime):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

輩

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. people of a certain kind; class, cohort
  2. generation
  3. lifetime

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
輩
ともがら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 輩 – see the following entry.
【ともがら】
fellows, folks
Alternative spellings
徒, 們
(This term, 輩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
輩
やから
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 輩 – see the following entry.
【やから】
輩: (chiefly derogatory) same kind people; a set, a lot, fellows
(dialectal) dissatisfaction, complaint, or someone who complains or provokes a dispute
Alternative spelling
族
(This term, 輩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

輩 (eumhun 무리 배 (muri bae))

  1. hanja form? of 배 (“generation, lifetime”)
  2. hanja form? of 배 (“class”)

Vietnamese

Han character

輩: Hán Nôm readings: bối

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