陪 means “accompany, attend on”

ばい · bai

Also: obeisance, follow

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

バイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

A hill (阝) with another heap (咅) piled beside it: the Shuowen reads 陪 as earth doubled, so picture a small mound keeping a great one company. 陪審員 are jurors, as in American courtroom dramas; Japan's own citizen judges are called 裁判員 instead.

Used in 陪審 (baishin, jury), 陪審員 (baishin'in, juror), and 陪席 (baiseki, sitting with a superior)

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