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背 = 月 + 北
背 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stature”. It is built from 月 (month) and 北 (north). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 481.
- Keyword
- stature
- RTK frame
- 481
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ハイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- せ, せい, そむ.く, そむ.ける
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- высота
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 背 back
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 背 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “north”. 背 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 背 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.