Kanji1 / 10
倍 kanji
double, twice, times, fold
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
バイ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 倍
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —何倍もmanyfold
- —高倍率high magnification (telescope, etc.); high power
- —倍返しpayment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
- —縦倍角double-height size (of text)
- —二倍性diploidy
- —倍にするto double
- —薬九層倍there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients
- —勇気百倍inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage
- —一粒万倍a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
- —半倍数性haplodiploidy
- —線幅倍率linewidth scale factor
- —多倍精度multiple-precision
- —単位倍率unit scaling
- —倍幅文字double width character
- —倍力機構lever mechanism (in bicycle brakes, metal shears, etc.)
- —倍力装置servo unit
- —応札倍率bid-to-cover ratio
- —元気百倍extremely healthy; lively; in good spirits
- —求人倍率job opening-to-application ratio; job-offers-seekers ratio
- —倍角文字double-size character; character with a doubled width and/or height