輩 – comrade, fellow, people

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1365 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 輩 means comrade, fellow, people, companions. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハイ (hai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is -ばら、やから、やかい、ともがら (bara, yakara, yakai, tomogara). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 車 (no. 159).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハイ	hai
Kun’yomi	-ばら	bara
Kun’yomi	やから	yakara
Kun’yomi	やかい	yakai
Kun’yomi	ともがら	tomogara

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: 車 (Kangxi radical 159). Components: 車・非.

Words using 輩

先輩せんぱいsenior (at school, work, etc.)後輩こうはいjunior (at work, school, etc.)

Example sentences

私たちは彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。

We respect him as a good senior.

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彼は私より３年後輩です。

He is my junior by three years.

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Kanji with the same radical

軍転車輸輪軽載較輝軸軟軒軌

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.