Today’s #kanji is #背, which is made of its semantic element of #にくづき（月） and phonetic element of 北, although 背 and 北 don’t share a sound. Here 北 represents a shape of 2 people standing back to back apparently, which makes it easy for us to associate the character with its meaning. Do you know what it is?
Meaning: back, to turn against …
Reading: ハイ、せ（ぜ）、せい、そむ
背景（ハイケイ）: n. a background, a backdrop; a setting; the background, the context
背後（ハイゴ）: n. the back, the rear; an unobserved position, behind the scenes
背任（ハイニン）: n. bleach of trust, malpractice; misappropriation
光背（コウハイ）: a halo, an aureole
背（せ）: n. the back; stature, height; a ridge (of a mountain)
背中（せなか）: n. a person’s/a/the back, the back
猫背（ねこぜ）: n. a stoop, a humpback, a hunchback, round shoulders
背（せい）比（くら）べ: n. seeing which is taller
背（そむ）く: vi. to disobey, to act (against… ); to turn one’s back (on…), to relinquish
背（そむ）ける: vt. to turn one’s face away (from…), to look away
- つき
- つきへん
- にくづき
期
月
