懂中文 Dong Chinese

辈

bèi

generation, lifetime

Original meaning: 

large group of chariots

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "large group of chariots". The meaning later shifted to "group of things" and "generation". Simplified form of 輩.

Components
非 sound component

非  Sound component

fēi

  

not

车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

Evolution

辈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辈 Seal script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Seal script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
辈 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
辈 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

辈 (輩) 

bèi

generation, lifetime; class; lifetime; generation; group of people; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people

Most common words with 辈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

一辈子

(for) a lifetime

辈子

lifetime

前辈

senior

辈

lifetime

半辈子

half of a lifetime