| 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 junior high
JLPT level N3
897 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 越 【エツ】 Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE), Guangdong Province (China), Canton, Kwangtung, Vietnam
- 越年 【エツネン】 seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation, playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- 中越 【チュウエツ】 Chūetsu (region in Niigata), China and Vietnam, Sino-Vietnamese
- 上越 【ジョウエツ】 area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
- 越年 【エツネン】 seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation, playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- 越年蝶 【オツネンチョウ】 eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
- 檀越 【ダンオツ】 alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati
Kun reading compounds
- 越す 【こす】 to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come
- 越える 【こえる】 to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past, to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えち、 えっ、 お、 こえ、 こし、 ごえ、 ごし、 ごや
- Korean:
- weol, hwal
Spanish
- sobrepasar
- cruzar
- exceder
- moverse
Portuguese
- superar
- exceder
- Vietnã
French
- doubler
- traverser
- muter
- surpasser
- Vietnam
| 1021 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 529 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4542 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1021 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 934 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2052 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1001 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1038 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1073 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1756 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2085 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2825 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 393 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 37110 | Morohashi |
| 3314 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5851 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 387 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 413 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1588 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1470 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4n8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 4380.5 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8d8a | Unicode hex code |