Read Edit View history Discussion 背 bèibēi HSK2 back Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 北 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bèi ×bēi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint ⺼ is a component form of 肉. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 背 Simp strokes 背 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 北 also serves as a meaning component. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 背 Simp strokes 背 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 背 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 375, 792 ], [ 400, 771 ], [ 413, 751 ], [ 420, 663 ], [ 419, 494 ] ], [ [ 205, 649 ], [ 253, 642 ], [ 372, 666 ], [ 392, 653 ] ], [ [ 141, 500 ], [ 155, 490 ], [ 203, 486 ], [ 380, 552 ], [ 382, 563 ] ], [ [ 726, 772 ], [ 734, 732 ], [ 584, 650 ] ], [ [ 543, 840 ], [ 576, 792 ], [ 565, 732 ], [ 560, 631 ], [ 566, 574 ], [ 588, 543 ], [ 630, 526 ], [ 712, 519 ], [ 755, 521 ], [ 820, 536 ], [ 839, 549 ], [ 840, 655 ] ], [ [ 338, 427 ], [ 368, 398 ], [ 374, 341 ], [ 366, 203 ], [ 338, 6 ] ], [ [ 404, 413 ], [ 417, 406 ], [ 436, 407 ], [ 443, 413 ], [ 591, 439 ], [ 619, 436 ], [ 651, 408 ], [ 647, 334 ], [ 660, 94 ], [ 653, 35 ], [ 629, -3 ], [ 594, 8 ], [ 542, 39 ] ], [ [ 400, 290 ], [ 413, 301 ], [ 497, 318 ], [ 529, 321 ], [ 551, 314 ] ], 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189 557 193 Q 579 194 572 208 Q 563 224 538 230 Q 516 234 390 209 C 361 203 359 180 389 180 Z" ] } 9 strokes 背 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 365, 796 ], [ 414, 753 ], [ 418, 488 ] ], [ [ 200, 650 ], [ 399, 672 ] ], [ [ 130, 501 ], [ 199, 484 ], [ 392, 559 ] ], [ [ 723, 783 ], [ 737, 726 ], [ 585, 653 ] ], [ [ 539, 846 ], [ 574, 800 ], [ 562, 593 ], [ 599, 536 ], [ 741, 521 ], [ 827, 539 ], [ 846, 555 ], [ 839, 657 ] ], [ [ 332, 430 ], [ 373, 376 ], [ 336, 1 ] ], [ [ 396, 409 ], [ 607, 438 ], [ 654, 403 ], [ 653, 36 ], [ 614, -15 ], [ 541, 39 ] ], [ [ 404, 306 ], [ 565, 267 ] ], [ [ 392, 135 ], [ 437, 117 ], [ 615, 225 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M395,547C393,524 398,504 409,490C416,481 423,481 428,488C435,501 436,516 437,532C439,621 443,695 449,755C450,770 445,778 434,785C408,802 388,813 371,809C356,806 355,795 363,779C378,749 390,717 393,684C395,659 395,659 396,647C398,622 397,592 396,568C395,554 395,554 395,547Z", "M393,684C378,693 344,686 331,681C314,676 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393,417C381,428 349,440 336,438C327,437 324,430 328,421C355,361 359,263 327,129C316,84 305,63 305,61C305,39 313,21 326,2C331,-5 337,-10 344,-6C372,12 385,64 387,146C388,207 394,255 397,311Z", "M403,389C453,397 506,409 557,414C594,419 612,407 615,375C624,259 627,157 621,66C619,48 614,36 604,33C598,32 579,38 547,45C519,52 543,27 550,21C572,0 590,-24 608,-47C616,-57 626,-64 637,-64C647,-62 659,-43 675,-11C690,23 698,55 696,89C689,170 684,248 678,321C675,350 678,377 692,400C699,412 700,422 690,431C677,443 657,452 631,463C618,469 593,463 553,450C521,441 467,431 393,417C383,415 393,387 403,389Z", "M415,294C468,277 506,263 545,256C564,252 570,258 570,268C570,285 558,301 539,310C523,317 488,322 457,322C403,322 375,306 415,294Z", "M411,88C439,65 441,84 469,106C497,127 560,172 586,189C636,221 647,254 559,210C481,170 432,149 393,143C372,140 400,96 411,88Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang 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