This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: バイ
Romaji: bai
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: べ、ます
Romaji: be, masu
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Meanings

double, twice, times, fold

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  714
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-2-8
Korean Reading:  pae
Chinese Reading:  bei4
Unicode:  500d
JIS:  475C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 108
Nelson Index: 483
New Nelson Index: 252
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a8.14
Four Corner Index: 2026.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 563
Gakken Index: 809
Japanese Names Index: 1025
Daikanwanjiten Index: 760
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0824
Remembering the kanji Index: 992
Kanji Flashcards Index: 323
Kodansha Compact Index: 111
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 389
Kanji in Context Index: 158
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 80
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 90
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1001
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1067
Essential Kanji Index: 866
Kodansha Kanji Index: 122
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2177
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 694
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 364

Words

(ばい)
twice; double; times; -fold
倍増 (ばいぞう)
double
倍数 (ばいすう)
multiple
倍増し (ばいまし)
doubling
薬九層倍 (くすりくそうばい)
"There is a huge markup in medicines."
倍率 (ばいりつ)
magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor; acceptance rate; pass rate (of an exam, etc.)
人一倍 (ひといちばい)
more than others; redoubled; unusual
倍音 (ばいおん)
overtone; harmonic
二倍 (にばい)
double; twice; twofold
人一倍働く (ひといちばいはたらく)
to work twice as hard as others
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