9 strokes

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

Kunせ、せい、そむ.く、そむ.ける
Onハイ

Radicals

Common words

  • 背中せなか
    back (of the body)
  • 背負うせおう
    to carry on one's back, to be burdened with, to take responsibility for, to have (something) in the background, to be in front (of something), to be conceited, to think highly of oneself
  • 背くそむく
    to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
  • 背景はいけい
    background, scenery, backdrop, setting, background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)
  • 背後はいご
    back, rear, background, behind the scenes
  • 背広せびろ
    business suit
  • 背骨せぼね
    spine, backbone, spinal column
  • 背丈せたけ
    stature, height
  • 背任はいにん
    breach of trust, malfeasance, malpractice, misappropriation
  • 背番号せばんごう
    number on back of player's shirt, uniform number, shirt number
  • 背筋せすじ
    spine, line of the backbone, seam down the back (of clothing)
  • 背泳ぎせおよぎ
    backstroke (swimming)
  • 背信はいしん
    betrayal, infidelity
  • 背負い投げせおいなげ
    seoi nage (judo), shoulder throw, back-carry throw
  • 二律背反にりつはいはん
    antinomy, self-contradiction, either-or situation, choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
  • 背伸びせのび
    standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller, stretching oneself, overreaching oneself, overstretching oneself, trying to do something beyond one's ability, pushing to the limit
  • 上背うわぜい
    stature, height