裏

See also: 裡 and 里

Translingual

Han character

裏 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜田土女 (YWGV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿳亠里𧘇)

Derived characters

• 𣿞, 𩼆, 𬅗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1117, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34294
• Dae Jaweon: page 1582, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3091, character 6
• Unihan data for U+88CF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯʔ) : semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 裏 – see 裡 (“in; inside; during; within; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 裡).

Usage notes

Region	裡	裏
Taiwan	standard	variant
Hong Kong	variant	standard

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Japanese

Kanji

裏

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kun: うら (ura, 裏, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
裏
うら Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Noun

裏(うら) • (ura) 

1. back; behind; other side

   校(こう)舎(しゃ)裏(うら) ― kōsha-ura ― the back of the school; behind the school building

2. inside
3. (baseball) bottom (of an inning)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 裏(うら)箔(はく) (urahaku): (painting) the application of silk as a screen on metal foil, or the metal foil in that application
• 路(ろ)地(じ)裏(うら) (rojiura): back alley
• 裏(うら)本(ぼん) (urabon): hardcore pornography; 'underground' pornography showing uncensored genitals. Technically illegal in Japan.

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Korean

Hanja

裏 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 裏 (lí)

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