倍 – double, twice, times

10 strokesTaught in grade 3#714 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 倍 means double, twice, times, fold. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is バイ (bai). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	バイ	bai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・立.

Words using 倍

倍ばいdouble倍率ばいりつmagnification

Example sentences

彼は私の倍食べた。

He ate twice as much as I did.

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あの山はこの山の５倍の高さである。

That mountain is five times as high as this one.

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Kanji with the same radical

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