Chinese Character 倍 Meanings and components.

Form

倍

Meaning

倍 meaning[3] in English

(Two, Three Etc) -Fold.

Times (Multiplier).

Double.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 倍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and pooh (咅)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OYTR

How to write 倍

To write倍bei4(two, three … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 咅pou3pooh arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 咅 = 倍

倍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 倍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 倍, looks as follow:

倍
Pinyin:bei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Two, Three Etc) -Fold . Times (Multiplier) . Double . To Increase Or Multiply
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
咅
Pinyin:pou3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Pooh . Pah . Bah . (Today Used As A Phonetic Component In 部[Bu4], 倍[Bei4], 培[Pei2], 剖[Pou1] Etc)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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