What is the Kanji for "Fellow", "Companion", and "Comrade"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Fellow", "Companion", and "Comrade", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Fellow", "Companion", and "Comrade" is "輩".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Hai".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "非" means "Mistake" and "Negative" and can be read as "Hi" and "Ara". And The kanji "車" means "Car" and can be read as "Kuruma" and "Sha".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "輩" mean in japanese?

"輩" means "Fellow", "Companion", and "Comrade".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

先輩: "Senior". The Japanese noun '先輩 (せんぱい)' refers to a senior or more experienced person, often in an academic or workplace setting. It is used to address or refer to someone who is of a higher rank, has more experience, or is older than oneself. For example: My senior in the department gave me some advice - (部署の先輩が私にアドバイスをくれた). I respect my seniors - (先輩を尊敬しています).

後輩: "Junior". The Japanese noun '後輩 (こうはい)' refers to a person who is junior to or has less experience than oneself, usually in a work or school setting. It is often used to refer to younger or less experienced colleagues or underclassmen. For example: My junior at work always asks me for advice - (後輩は仕事でいつも私に相談してくる). I need to help my junior complete this project - (後輩にこのプロジェクトを手伝ってあげなければならない).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". And The hiragana "い" is read as "i".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.