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背

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 433 / 2,608

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On’yomi
はい
Kun’yomi
せ、そむ
Radical
肉 Meat (Kangxi 130)

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

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

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,statureN5
背広 せびろ business suitN5
背中 せなか back of the bodyN4

背 is rank 433 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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