| 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 |
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
- 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
- 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
- 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
- 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
- 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
- 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
Kun reading compounds
- 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- barrio
- distrito
- hoja
Portuguese
- rua
- departamento
- cidade
- sufixo para contagem de para armas
- ferramentas
- folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
- número par
- 4º sign
French
- pâté de maison
- tranche d'aliment
- exactitude
- soin extrême
- quatrième
- signe du 4è tronc céleste
| 473 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 367 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 346 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 794 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 166 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1024 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 8 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 550 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2106 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2851 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 92 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2 | Morohashi |
| 3348 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 91 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 241 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3153 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e01 | Unicode hex code |