Read Edit View history 揹 bēi HSK2 carry things on one's back Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 背 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 背 背 SoundMeaning component bèi, bēi back Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode