倍
bèi HSK4

times

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蓓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbwojX[b]ˤəʔ double

說文解字

《說文》：“倍，反也。从人，咅聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)