| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
263 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
- 広域 【コウイキ】 wide area, wide view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-out view
- 曠々 【コウコウ】 extensive, spacious
Kun reading compounds
- 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide
- 広い支持 【ひろいしじ】 broad support, wide-ranging support
- 広まる 【ひろまる】 to spread, to be propagated
- 広める 【ひろめる】 to spread, to propagate, to popularize, to disseminate, to broaden, to extend, to widen, to enlarge
- 広がる 【ひろがる】 to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)
- 広げる 【ひろげる】 to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden, to unfold, to open, to unroll, to unwrap, to scatter about, to spread around, to make flourish, to cause to prosper
Readings
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- amplio
- ancho
- espacioso
- ensancharse
- ensanchar
- extenderse
- extender
Portuguese
- largo
- vasto
- espaçoso
French
- vaste
- large
- spacieux
| 211 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 127 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 114 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 311 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1499 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 303 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 164 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 316 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 694 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 707 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 113 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 581 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3769 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 747 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9224P | Morohashi |
| 3035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1604 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 739 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 799 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 389 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 108 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 571 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 0023.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e83 | Unicode hex code |