The kanji 裏: meaning, readings and stroke order

裏

Meaning: back, reverse side
On reading: リ ri
Kun reading: うら ura
Strokes: 13
Radical: 衣 clothes
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mặt sau, phía sau (lý)
Japanese: うら。うしろがわ。
Korean: 뒤, 뒷면 (리·이)
Chinese: 背面、后面 (里)

Readings, words and example sentences

リ ri · on reading · less common

裏り面めん
back side
紙の 裏り面めんにも書けます。
You can write on the back of the paper, too.

うら ura · kun reading

裏うら
back, behind
家の 裏うらに小さな畑があります。
There is a small vegetable field behind the house.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.