悖
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to go against; to be contrary to; perverse; rebellious
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 悖
- Common rank
- #2,941
- Unicode
- U+6096
Formation & memory
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How 悖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 meaning “heart” + 孛 sound ()
Components 忄 孛
Words with 悖
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 并行不悖 | to run in parallel without hindrance; not mutually exclusive; two processes can be impleme… | |
| 有悖于 | to go against | |
| 相悖 | contrary; opposite; to run counter to | |
| 悖论 | paradox (logic) | |
| 悖乱 | to rebel; sedition; to delude; confused | |
| 狂悖 | (literary) brazen; outrageous; defiant | |
| 悖逆 | contrary | |
| 违悖 | to transgress; to violate (the rules); same as 違背|违背 | |
| 悖谬 | absurd; irrational | |
| 悖缪 | variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4] | |
| 悖晦 | (coll.) muddleheaded |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 孛 — compare how they read.