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U+80CC, 背
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80CC

[U+80CB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+80CD]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 130, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中心月 (LPB), four-corner 11227, composition (GJK) or (HT))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 977, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29363
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2058, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+80CC
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 背, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pɯːɡs, *bɯːɡs): phonetic (OC *pɯːɡ) + semantic (meat). Originally written as , semantic was added to be distinguished from the derived meaning of (“north”).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bə(q) (to carry (on back), shoulder).

Two pronunciations were distinguished in Middle Chinese: puʌiH (back), buʌiH (to turn one's back to; to betray).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • bui3 - “back; to betray; to violate”;
  • bui6 - “to recite; unlucky; remote; out of touch; hard of hearing”.

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Definitions

  1. (anatomy) back
       chuíbèi   to give a back massage
       bèi   horseback
  2. back; backside; reverse side
       shǒubèi   back of the hand
       zhǐbèi   back of a piece of paper
  3. to leave; to abandon
    井離鄉井离乡   bèijǐnglíxiāng   to leave one's native place and move elsewhere
  4. to back onto
    太陽太阳   bèi zhe tàiyáng zuò   to sit with one's back to the sun
       bèi shān miàn hǎi   backing on to a mountain and facing the sea
  5. to betray
  6. to do something behind one's back; to hide something from someone
    男朋友其他女生聊天 [MSC, trad.]
    男朋友其他女生聊天 [MSC, simp.]
    Nánpéngyǒu bèi zhe wǒ hé qítā nǚshēng liáotiān. [Pinyin]
    My boyfriend chats with other girls behind my back.
  7. to deviate; to go contrary to; to violate
       bèiyuē   to break one’s promise
    良心說話良心说话   bèi zhe liángxīn shuōhuà   to speak against one's conscience
  8. to memorize; to recite
    文章下來 [MSC, trad.]
    文章下来 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè piān wénzhāng xiěde duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái. [Pinyin]
    How excellently written is this article! Memorize it.
    唐詩多少 [MSC, trad.]
    唐诗多少 [MSC, simp.]
    bèi Tángshī bèi le duōshǎo shǒu? [Pinyin]
    How many Tang poems have you memorized?
  9. unlucky; out of luck
  10. hard of hearing
    耳朵有點兒耳朵有点儿   ěrduo yǒudiǎnr bèi   to be a bit hard of hearing
  11. remote; out-of-the-way
  12. (Cantonese) isolated; out of touch; out of the loop; ignorant of what is happening; uninformed of the latest news; not up to speed
  13. (swimming) short for 背泳 (bèiyǒng, “backstroke”)
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

  1. to carry on the back
  2. (figurative) to carry; to bear (blame); to shoulder (responsibility)
Synonyms
  • (to carry on the back): (tuó)

Compounds

References

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