揹

See also: 背

揹 U+63F9, 揹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63F9 ← 揸 [U+63F8] CJK Unified Ideographs 揺 → [U+63FA]

Translingual

Han character

揹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手中心月 (QLPB), four-corner 5102₇, composition ⿰扌背)

1. carry things on one's back

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 445, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12444
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1914, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63F9

Chinese

trad.		揹/背*
simp.		背*

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 揹 – see 背 (“back; back; backside; reverse side; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 背).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pà

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pà
    • Hakka Romanization System: baˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba²
    • Sinological IPA: /pa¹¹/

Definitions

揹

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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phāiⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phāinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰãi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰãi²²/

Definitions

揹

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Compounds

• 揹黑鍋／背黑锅 (bēi hēiguō)
• 裱揹／裱背 (biǎobèi)

 

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): me¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: me¹
    • Yale: mē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: me¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

揹 (Cantonese)

1. Alternative form of 孭／𱙷 (me¹, “to carry on the back; to carry responsibility”)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01348

Japanese

Kanji

揹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はい (hai)
• Kun: せおう (seou)