EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    back-facing; backwards

    女優は後ろ向きに舞台から落ちた。
    The actress fell backward over the stage.
  2. backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary; retrospective; negative

Also written 後向き【うしろむき】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

behind, back, later

Kun
のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる
On
ゴ、コウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
26 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こし、し、しい、しり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3i6.5The Kanji Dictionary
2224.7Four corner code
2067deroo
5f8cUnicode hex code
1-24-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1610Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1742New Nelson (John Haig)
361New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1379Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1479Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1300Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
276Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10098Morohashi
111A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
48Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
208sakade
53Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
123henshall3
174Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
48crowley
30Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
625Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1391Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hou4Pinyin reading
huKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Kun
む.く、む.い、-む.き、む.ける、-む.け、む.かう、む.かい、む.こう、む.こう-、むこ、むか.い
On
コウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
182 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こお、た、な、むか、むかい、むこう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3d3.10The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
849deroo
5411Unicode hex code
1-24-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
101Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
712New Nelson (John Haig)
3052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3790Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2627Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
312Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3301Morohashi
278A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213sakade
402Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
294henshall3
266Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
192crowley
557Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
186Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
hyang, sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level