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背 — stature, height, back

せ背 stature

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes body

U+80CC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #696 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #481 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

stature
height
back
behind
disobey
defy
go back on
rebel

word

せ se Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

背(せ) se back 背(せ) 中(なか) senaka back (of body) 背(せ) 負(お) う seou to carry on one's back 背(せ) 筋(すじ) sesuji spine

はい hai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

背(はい) 景(けい) haikei background 背(はい) 後(ご) haigo behind

Appears in idioms

中肉中背四字熟語

middle, meat, middle, stature

二律背反四字熟語

two, rhythm, stature, anti

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

きた北 north

つき月 month #74

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.