背 — Chinese character
背
bèi
back, backside; to betray, to violate
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 北
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flesh; meaning component ⺼; sound component 北
- Japanese
- 背 as a kanji
Common words with 背
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer |
| 背后 (背後) | bèi hòu | behind; at the back |
| 违背 (違背) | wéi bèi | to go against; to be contrary to |
| 背叛 | bèi pàn | to betray |
| 背包 | bēi bāo | knapsack; rucksack |
| 背面 | bèi miàn | the back; the reverse side |
| 背书 (背書) | bèi shū | to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) |
| 背着 (背著) | bēi zhe | carrying on one's back |
| 背着 (背著) | bèi zhe | turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb) |
| 背部 | bèi bù | back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) |
| 背心 | bèi xīn | sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc); measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 背影 | bèi yǐng | rear view; figure seen from behind |
English words written with 背
背 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 7 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 11
- Art of War 7.33
- Art of War 9.8
- Art of War 9.9
- Art of War 9.13
- Art of War 9.16
- Art of War 11.7
- Art of War 11.45
- Hexagram 52
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