Read Edit View history 辈 bèi HSK5 generation, lifetime Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Jan 15, 2022, 07:54 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 15, 2022, 07:54 PM verify Changed fields: gloss, hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages Original meaning: large group of chariots Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "large group of chariots". The meaning later shifted to "group of things" and "generation". Simplified form of 輩. Components 非 非 Sound component 车 车 Meaning component Change in meaning 车 hints at the original meaning of 辈, "large group of chariots", which is no longer the most common meaning of 辈 in modern Mandarin. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode