# 背 — Back

Frequency rank 433 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 細 (Thin), less common than 写 (Copy).

- On’yomi: はい
- Kun’yomi: せ、そむ
- Radical: 肉 Meat (Kangxi 130)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

North on top sits above meat below -- the meat on the north side of your body, behind you, is your back.

In words:

- 背 せ — height,stature
- 背広 せびろ — business suit
- 背中 せなか — back of the body

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