Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1365 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: comrade, fellow, people, companions

Kunyomi: -ばら やから やかい ともがら

Onyomi: ハイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くるま

Meaning: cart, car

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(こうはい)   junior (at work or school)

(じゃくはい)   young or inexperienced person

(わがはい)   I (nuance of arrogance)

我が(わがはい)   I (nuance of arrogance)

(せんぱい)   senior (at work or school)

Onyomi Examples

ハイ group, gang, bunch

ハイシュツ producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other

ケイハイ underling

サイハイ colleagues, fellows, comrades

Kunyomi Examples

やから party (of people), set (of people), clan, family, fellow

不逞の ふていのやから lawless people, gang, malcontents, recalcitrants

ともがら comrade, fellow