背 bēi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 北 north ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
背面
bèimiàn
back; reverse side
Characters in this word
面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 合同背面的小字条款，往往比首页的承诺更值得细读。 Hétong bèimiàn de xiǎozì tiáokuǎn, wǎngwǎng bǐ shǒuyè de chéngnuò gèng zhíde xìdú. The small-print clauses on the back of the contract are often more worth reading closely than the promises on the first page.
- 请在照片的背面写上你的名字。 Qǐng zài zhàopiàn de bèimiàn xiě shàng nǐ de míngzi. Please write your name on the back of the photo.
- 这枚硬币的背面刻着一朵小花。 Zhè méi yìngbì de bèimiàn kè zhe yì duǒ xiǎo huā. A small flower is carved on the reverse side of this coin.
Related words
- 背 bēi to carry on the back
- 背 bēi to carry on one's back; back (body part)
- 背 bèi back
- 背后 bèihòu behind; behind one's back
- 背景 bèijǐng background
- 背包 bēibāo backpack
- 背心 bèixīn vest, undershirt
- 背负 bēifù to bear; to shoulder; to carry
- 背叛 bèipàn to betray; betrayal
- 背诵 bèisòng to recite from memory
- 背影 bèiyǐng view of someone's back; figure seen from behind
- 违背 wéibèi to violate; to go against