Kanji
N2 10 strokes Grade 3 freq #714

double, twice, times, fold

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

double; twice (as much)
magnification; leverage
doubling; double
(much) more than others; exceedingly
multiplying by one; original amount
doubling
double amount
multiple-precision
double speed (data transfer, video playback, etc.); 2X speed
double-precision floating point

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

double length register; double register
double-pulse recording
the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love
game in which the points (or prize) double with each win
Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)
manyfold
servo-brake

Example sentences

He ate twice as much as I did.

He had twice as much money as I.

By the year 2020, the population of this city will have doubled.

He has half again as many books as I.