EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 30
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    back; rear

    「びっくりさせないでよ」と彼女は彼が背後に近づいた時言った。
    "Don't scare me!" she screamed as he came up behind her.
  2. background; behind the scenes

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

Kun
せいそむ.くそむ.ける
On
ハイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
696 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
4b5.15The Kanji Dictionary
1122.7, 1222.7Four corner code
1246deroo
80ccUnicode hex code
1-39-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3754Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4794New Nelson (John Haig)
2573New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3182Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1641Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2230Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
446Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
481Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
796A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
957Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
933Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29363Morohashi
957A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1265Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1338Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
845Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
967henshall3
893Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1085Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1017Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
455Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, bei1Pinyin reading
bae, paeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
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
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