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裏

裏 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うら。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「衣」+音符「里」。衣服などの「うら」を意味する漢語｛裏｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リJHS
Kun (native)
  • うらElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音li3
  • 한글ri
  • Hán-ViệtLý

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+88CF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴衣里

Words using this kanji

  • 裏うら（うら）衣服で人の目につかない部分に使われる布地。 （うら）から見えない位置。見ただけでは解らない部分。 （うら）秘密の場。opposite side, bottom, other side, side hidden from view
  • 裏付けうらづけうらづけ 参照support (e.g. for an argument), backing, proof, evidence
  • 裏金うらがねbribe, secret fund, slush fund, money for bribery
  • 裏側うらがわ「うらがわ」参照。the reverse (side), back (side), other side, hidden side
  • 裏腹うらはらopposite, reverse, contrary, front and back
  • 裏目うらめreverse side, opposite (of the expected), purl stitch (knitting)
  • 裏切るうらぎる「うらぎる」を参照。to betray, to turn traitor (to), to double-cross, to go back on
  • 裏方うらかたsomeone working behind-the-scenes, scene shifter, lady consort (to a high personage)
  • 裏面うらめん視覚の対象である面と逆側にある面。 外部に知られていない部分。内幕。back (side), reverse, B side (of a record), secret levels
  • 裏面りめん視覚の対象である面と逆側にある面。 外部に知られていない部分。内幕。back (side), reverse, the inside, background
  • 裏返しうらがえしinside out, upside down, flip side, opposite
  • 裏切りうらぎり「うらぎり」の漢字表記。treachery, betrayal, perfidy
  • 裏口うらぐち「うらぐち」を参照。backdoor, rear entrance, rear exit, unauthorized
  • 裏切り者うらぎりものbetrayer, traitor, turncoat, informer
  • 裏表うらおもて裏外。すべて。back and front, inside and outside, both sides, inside out (e.g. clothing)
  • 裏通りうらどおりside street (often parallel to a main street), back street, alley, alleyway
  • 裏返すうらがえすto turn inside out, to turn the other way, to turn (something) over
  • 裏道うらみちback lane, byway, back street, unfair means
  • 裏付けるうらづけるto support (a theory, claim, etc.), to back up, to substantiate, to prove
  • 裏門うらもん屋敷などの裏手にある門。back gate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-11
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0073.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j11.2
Heisig
426
Nelson
327