JōyōJLPT N3Kanken 5

Meaning

Kanji 背

stature

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
せいそむ.くそむ.ける
Onyomi 音読み
ハイ
Nanori 名乗り
しろのり

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 6
JLPT
JLPT N3
Frequency
#696
Strokes
9
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Level 5
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 204 entries that include this kanji.

背負う

せおう

to carry on one's back

背丈

せたけ

stature

背負い投げ

しょいなげ

seoi nage (judo)

背景

はいけい

backing

背中

せなか

back (of the body)

そびら

back (of the body)

背広

せびろ

business suit

背骨

せぼね

spine

背伸び

せのび

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller

背後

はいご

back

背任

はいにん

breach of trust

背く

そむく

to run counter to

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

中が少し痛いです。

my back hurts a little.

彼はが高い。

he is tall.

妹は母よりが高い。

my younger sister is taller than our mother.

彼は私にを向けた。

he turned his back on me.

駅はこの建物の後にあります。

the station is behind this building.