輩
輩 — Comrade
comrade, fellow, people, companions
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)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 輩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 先輩 | せんぱい senpai | senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder |
| 後輩 | こうはい kouhai | junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student |
| 輩出 | はいしゅつ haishutsu | producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other |
| 輩 | やから yakara | party (of people); set (of people); clan |
| 吾輩 | わがはい wagahai | I; me; myself |
Study notes
輩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1365 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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