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Kanji Details

背

Strokes: 9
IDC: ⿱
Frequency: 456

Readings

On'yomi: ヘ(呉)、ハイ(呉)、ベ(呉)、バイ(呉)
Kun'yomi: せ、せい、そむ（く）、そむ（ける）、うしろ
Nanori: しろ、せ、のり
English: stature; height; back; behind; disobey; defy; go back on; rebel

Radical: 肉 ( にく・にくづき ), meat

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Grade/Category

JLPT Level: N2 (intermediate)
Kanji Kentei Level: 5
Kyōiku-Jōyō (6th grade of primary school)

彼女(かのじょ)は背(せ)が伸(の)びてきている。: She is growing tall.
「背(せ)が伸(の)びて入(はい)らないわよね」「そう、断(だん)じて太(ふと)ったわけではない！」「成長(せいちょう)したという便利(べんり)な言葉(ことば)は我々(われわれ)の切(き)り札(ふだ)」: We've got taller so they don't fit. Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat! The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card.
彼(かれ)は今年(ことし)３センチ背(せ)が伸(の)びた。: He has grown three centimeters this year.

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