倍 — kanji meaning “double”
倍
double, twice, times, fold
- Meanings
- double, twice, times, fold
- On'yomi
- バイ (bai)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- べ、ます
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #714 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- bèi — Chinese character page
Words with 倍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倍率 | ばいりつ bairitsu | magnification; leverage; amplification |
| 倍増 | ばいぞう baizou | doubling; double |
| 人一倍 | ひといちばい hitoichibai | (much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely |
| 倍加 | ばいか baika | doubling |
| 倍額 | ばいがく baigaku | double amount |
| 倍数 | ばいすう baisuu | multiple |
| 倍速 | ばいそく baisoku | double speed (data transfer, video playback, etc.); 2X speed |
| 倍音 | ばいおん baion | (harmonic) overtone; harmonic; harmonic partial |
| 一倍 | いちばい ichibai | multiplying by one; original amount |
| 倍々 | ばいばい baibai | doubling (repeatedly); multiplying |
| 倍する | ばいする baisuru | to double |
| 倍精度 | ばいせいど baiseido | double-precision |
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