| 1002 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 992 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 755 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 327 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1076 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 883 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2176 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 273 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 273 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 436 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1627 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2652 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1836 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 406 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34294 | Morohashi |
| 2138 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5462 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 399 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 426 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 969 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
812 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 裏 【リ】 in (e.g. secret), with (e.g. success)
- 裏面 【リメン】 back (side), reverse, the inside, background, dark side (e.g. of society), behind the scenes, beneath the surface
- 内裏 【ダイリ】 imperial palace, festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
- 影裏 【エイリ】 shade
Kun reading compounds
- 裏 【うら】 opposite side, bottom, other side, side hidden from view, undersurface, reverse side, rear, back, behind, lining, inside, in the shadows, behind the scenes, offstage, behind (someone's) back, more (to something than meets the eye), hidden side (e.g. of one's personality), unknown circumstances, different side, proof, opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.), contrary, inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.), bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)
- 裏方 【うらかた】 someone working behind-the-scenes, scene shifter, lady consort (to a high personage)
- 舞台裏 【ぶたいうら】 offstage, backstage, behind the scenes
- 口裏 【くちうら】 determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning, determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech, divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
Readings
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- reverso
- opuesto
- parte interior
- en esa situación
- interior
Portuguese
- costas
- no meio de
- em
- inverter
- interior
- palma
- atrás
- forro
- lado errado
French
- arrière
- revers
- verso
- intérieur
- semelle
- paume
- envers
- doublure
- mauvais côté
| 465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-11 | SKIP code |
| 0073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 88cf | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
- 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
- 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
- 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip
Kun reading compounds
- 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely
Readings
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- regresar
- devolver
Portuguese
- retornar
- responder
- desvanecer
- pagar
French
- rendre
- répondre
- s'estomper
- rembourser
| 316 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 412 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 389 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 586 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4670 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 307 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 950 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 442 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 448 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 681 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3797 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2633 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 733 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38758P | Morohashi |
| 3060 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6020 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 782 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 477 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 289 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3367 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3130.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fd4 | Unicode hex code |