Kanji1 / 9
背 kanji
stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ハイ
Kun readings
せせいそむくそむける
Words with 背
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —光背効果halo effect
- —後背湿地back swamp; back slough; back marsh
- —背景美術background art
- —背景反射率background reflectance
- —社会的背景societal mood; social context
- —歴史的背景historical context; historical background
- —背景にあるto be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
- —背部叩打法back blow method (for dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe)
- —文化的背景cultural background
- —宇宙背景放射cosmic background radiation
- —背側皮質視覚路dorsal stream; parietal stream
- —眼光紙背に徹すto (be able to) read between the lines
- —眼光紙背に徹するto (be able to) read between the lines
- —マイクロ波背景放射microwave background (radiation)
- —宇宙マイクロ波背景放射cosmic microwave background radiation
- —背面跳Fosbury flop (high jump technique)
- —背のうknapsack
- —背水之陣fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort