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背

JLPT N3 SL6 9 strokes Frequency: #696

Meanings

Stature, Height, Back, Behind, Disobey, Defy, Go Back On, Rebel

Radicals

⺼

Decomposition

⿱北⺼

Etymology

Pictophonetic: flesh

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 curve right-to-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハイ hai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

せい sei

せ se

そむ somu

Words Using This Kanji

183 words total

Other (20 words)

向背こうはい

one's attitude (toward)

上背うわぜい

stature

側背そくはい

flank

どんぐりの背比べどんぐりのせいくらべ

having very little difference between one another

medium build

average height

antinomy

bent back

to run counter to

back

traitor

breach of trust

to turn (one's face) away

背広せびろ

business suit

背中せなか

back (of the body)

背番号せばんごう

number on the back of a player's uniform

short (of a person)

background

betrayal

giving up and turning back

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