| 967 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) | 
| 957 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 796 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 3754 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 933 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 845 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 957 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 1265 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 1085 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 1017 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 3182 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1641 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 2230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 455 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 29363 | Morohashi | 
| 2573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 4794 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 446 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 481 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 893 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
      Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
    
    
      JLPT level N3
    
    
      696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 背後 【ハイゴ】 back, rear, background, behind the scenes
- 背景 【ハイケイ】 background, scenery, backdrop, setting, background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)
- 違背 【イハイ】 violation, transgression
- 向背 【コウハイ】 one's attitude, state of affairs
Kun reading compounds
- 背 【せ】 back, reverse, rear side, back (e.g. of a chair), spine (of a book), height, stature, ridge (of a mountain)
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 膝皿貝 【ひざらがい】 chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora), sea cradle, Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
- 角背 【かくせ】 flat back (book spine), square back
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 背丈 【せたけ】 stature, height
- 背く 【そむく】 to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
- 背ける 【そむける】 to turn (one's face) away, to avert (one's eyes)
Readings
- Korean:
- bae, pae
Spanish
- espalda
- detrás
- estatura
- desobedecer
- infringir
- rebelarse
Portuguese
- estatura
- altura
- costas
- atrás
- desobedecer
- desafiar
- quebrar promesum
- rebelar
French
- stature
- taille
- dos
- arrière
- désobéir
- défier
- revenir sur
- se rebeller
| 1246 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 4b5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code | 
| 1222.7 | Four corner code | 
| 1122.7 | Four corner code | 
| 1-39-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 80cc | Unicode hex code |