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Double
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 12

Meanings

  1. doubleRtK
  2. twice
    彼は切手を私の二倍集めている。He has collected twice as many stamps as I have.tatoeba
    彼は私の倍食べた。He ate twice as much as I did.tatoeba
  3. times
  4. fold
  1. twice (as much)
  2. times (as much)
  3. -fold
  4. 1-nth

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · muzzle · vase · stand up (立) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1067

Compound words

一倍いちばい
multiplying by one; original amount; (even) more; double; twice (as much)
倍加ばいか
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
倍増ばいぞう
doubling; double
倍率ばいりつ
magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor
人一倍ひといちばい
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
３倍さんばい
three times (as much)
５倍ごばい
five times (as much)
五倍ごばい
five times (as much)
三倍さんばい
three times (as much)
十倍じゅうばい
ten times
逓倍ていばい
multiplication (e.g. of frequencies)
公倍数こうばいすう
common multiple
逓倍器ていばいき
multiplier (e.g. frequency)
安倍川餅あべかわもち
abekawa mochi
安倍川もちあべかわもち
abekawa mochi
拡張倍精度かくちょうばいせいど
extended double-precision
夜叉五倍子やしゃぶし
Alnus firma (species of alder)

Additional Examples

彼は二倍の運賃を払った。
He paid double fare.tatoeba
彼は通常の料金の２倍払った。
He paid double the usual fare.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Double; times. 亻 (person) + 咅 (split) — splitting between two, doubling.

Practice Writing

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