漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
裏: back, amidst
Also: in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
JLPT N213 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
衣 carries the meaning · 里 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
リri · on'yomi · in compounds
- 裏面りめんback, reverse side
- 表裏ひょうりfront & back, inside & outside
- 脳裏のうりone's mind
うらura · kun'yomi · on its own
- 裏うらback, reverse side
- 裏通りうらどおりside street, back street
- 裏口うらぐちbackdoor, rear entrance
- 裏側うらがわback, reverse side
- 裏表うらおもてboth sides, a double-dealer
- 裏付けるうらづけるsupport, corroborate, vouch
- 裏切るうらぎるbetray
- 裏返すうらがえすturn inside out, turn over
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dress for the occasion! This radical represents the protective layers we wear and the social identity that fine clothing provides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
裏 takes the 里 family's reading, リ (ri).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side裏 back · 衣
vs童 juvenile · 立In ChineseSimplified 里 · traditional, as in Japanese · lǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 裏; mainland China simplifies it to 里.
- Simplified
- 里 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 裏 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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