Meanings
- stature
- height
- back
- behind
- disobey
- defy
- go back on
- rebel
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#696 of 2,500
Kanji N3
背: stature, height, back
背 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning stature, height, back, written with 9 strokes. It is read ハイ (on) and せ, せい, そむく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 背中 (せなか, back) and 背 (せい, height).
背
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ハイ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- せ
- せい
- そむく
- そむける
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 背
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- JLPT N4
- 背せいJLPT N3
height; stature
- JLPT N5
- JLPT N1
- JLPT N1
- 背くそむくJLPT N1
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey
- JLPT N2
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