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common

ハイ/HAI/    せ/se/    せい/sei/    そむ.く/somu.ku/    そむ.ける/somu.keru/HAI/ハイ/    se/せ/    sei/せい/    somu.ku/そむ.く/    somu.keru/そむ.ける/

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

Radical: 月 (meat).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: 月匕爿.   Pinyin: bèi / bēi.   Hangul: 배 [bae] 패 [pae].

Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade.   JLPT N3.

▸ Stroke order diagram

▸ Example compounds

Example compounds:
ハイHAI背面【はいめんhaimen】rear; back; reverse
二律背反【にりつはいはんniritsuhaihan】antinomy; either-or situation
背信【はいしんhaishin】betrayal; infidelity
せse背伸び【せのびsenobi】standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; overreaching oneself
背丈【せたけsetake】stature; height
背負う【せおうseō】to be burdened with; to have (something) in the background
せいsei背【せいsei】height; stature
どんぐりの背比べ【どんぐりのせいくらべdongurinoseikurabe】having no outstanding characteristics; to all seem about the same; bragging competition ("pissing contest") concerning matters of little importance; height comparison among acorns
そむくsomuku背く【そむくsomuku】to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
人たる道に背く【ひとたるみちにそむくhitotarumichinisomuku】to stray from the path of righteousness
そむけるsomukeru背ける【そむけるsomukeru】to turn one's face away; to avert one's eyes
顔を背ける【かおをそむけるkaowosomukeru】to turn one's face away

▸ Codes and indices

Codepoints and classification codes:
80cc–Unicode
39-56–JIS X 0208
2-5-4–SKIP
4b5.15–TKD
1122.7–Four Corner
1246–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
3754–Classic Nelson
4794–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2573–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1641–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
446–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
796–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
957–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
933–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
29363–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 9 p. 270
957–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1265–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
845–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
967–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
893–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1085–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
1017–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
455–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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