Hanja Analyzer
輩

輩 — bae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
무리 배
Romanization
bae
English
generation, lifetime; class
Mandarin
bèi
Japanese on'yomi
ハイ, ヘ
Japanese kun'yomi
-ばら やから やかい ともがら
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,365 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
車 (159, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
非(비)
Unicode
U+8F29

Parts that make up 輩

  • 非 아닐 비sound 등을 맞댄 두 날개아니다와 어긋나는 것
  • 車 수레 거, 수레 차 위에서 본 수레수레와 바퀴 달린 것

How 輩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 輩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 車, 非.

Korean example words with 輩

  • 소배少輩 Korean gloss: 젊은 축
  • 우배友輩 Korean gloss: 친구 무리
  • 잡배雜輩 Korean gloss: 잡된 무리
  • 등배等輩 Korean gloss: 일정한 사람들의 무리
  • 약배若輩 Korean gloss: 젊고 경험이 적은 사람
  • 붕배朋輩 Korean gloss: 지위나 나이가 서로 비슷한 벗
  • 도배徒輩 Korean gloss: 함께 어울려 나쁜 짓을 하는 무리
  • 선배先輩 Korean gloss: 자신의 출신 학교를 먼저 입학한 사람
  • 동배同輩 Korean gloss: 나이나 신분이 서로 같거나 비슷한 사람
  • 후배後輩 Korean gloss: 같은 분야에서 자기보다 늦게 종사하게 된 사람
  • 연배年輩 Korean gloss: 어떤 범위에 속하는 나이. 또는 그런 사람. 주로 성인에 대하여 이른다
  • 작배하다作輩 Korean gloss: 무리를 이루다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 輩

  • 先輩せんぱい senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder
  • 後輩こうはい junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
  • 輩出はいしゅつ producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
  • 輩やから party (of people); set (of people); clan
  • 軽輩けいはい underling
  • 鼠輩そはい small fry; unimportant people
  • 俗輩ぞくはい worldlings; the crowd
  • 同輩どうはい fellows; comrade; colleague
  • 朋輩ほうばい comrade; friend; associate
  • 末輩まっぱい underling; rank and file
  • 儕輩さいはい colleagues; fellows; comrades
  • 下輩かはい inferior; low-class person

Characters sharing the phonetic 非

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “배”

Other hanja with radical 車

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