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輩 means 'colleague'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 1279   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-17    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 35 words   Used in 2 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ハイ
Additional readings
Kun    やから party (of people), tribe   やかい   ともがら   -ばら
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 輩 - click the badge to download
Find out about superior-inferior relationships in schools and workplaces and discover what upends that “seesaw.” Learn to say, “He is quite popular with his peers,” “She was promoted over her seniors,” “He is my junior by three years,” “He forgets his position and speaks impertinently to his seniors,” and “Many talented people emerged toward the end of the Edo period.”
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⿱  非 mistake  車 car  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 輩 is used 2 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 輩 is used 32 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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ハイ : 17 words FIND ALL
こ う は い 0
noun
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student  (see also: 先輩)
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ハイ (read as ぱい) : 10 words FIND ALL
せ ん ぱ い 0
noun
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer  (see also: 後輩)
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ハイ (read as ばい) : 1 word FIND ALL
ほ う ば い 0
noun
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
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やから : 2 words FIND ALL
ふ て い の や か ら 0
noun
lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants
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ともがら : 1 word FIND ALL
と も が ら 0
noun
comrade; fellow
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-ばら (read as ばら) : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: 原
noun (suffix)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
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Additional data
Henshall: 1688  Joy o' Kanji : 1688  Key to Kanji: - 

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輩
ハイ    colleague   
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非
ヒ   mistake
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車
シャ   くるま car   
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