Hanja Analyzer
裏

裏 — ri

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
속 리
Romanization
ri
English
inside, interior, within
Mandarin
lǐ
Japanese on'yomi
リ
Japanese kun'yomi
うら
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#812 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
衣 (145, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
里(리)
Unicode
U+88CF

How 裏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 裏 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 里.

Korean example words with 裏

  • 객리客裏 Korean gloss: 객지에 있는 동안
  • 흉리胸裏 Korean gloss: 마음속에 품고 있는 생각
  • 이면裏面 Korean gloss: 겉으로 나타나거나 눈에 보이지 않는 부분
  • 이허裏許 Korean gloss: 겉으로 드러나지 아니한 속마음이나 일의 내막
  • 뇌리腦裏 Korean gloss: 사람의 의식이나 기억, 생각 따위가 들어 있는 영역
  • 이서裏書 Korean gloss: 민법에서, 채권 양도(債權讓渡)의 의사 표시를 증권의 뒷면에 기재하는 일. 교부(交付)와 함께 채권 양도의 성립 요건 또는 효
  • 이면지裏面紙 Korean gloss: 바깥에 드러나지 아니한 뒷면의 종이
  • 이면사裏面史 Korean gloss: 외부에 알려지지 아니한 뒷이야기를 서술한 역사
  • 경리鏡裏 Korean gloss: 거울 속.
  • 궁리宮裏 Korean gloss: 대궐 안.
  • 금리禁裏 Korean gloss: 대궐 안.
  • 수리手裏 Korean gloss: 손의 안.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 裏

  • 裏うら opposite side; bottom; other side
  • 裏付けうらづけ support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof
  • 裏金うらがね bribe; secret fund; slush fund
  • 裏側うらがわ the reverse (side); back (side); other side
  • 裏腹うらはら opposite; reverse; contrary
  • 舞台裏ぶたいうら offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
  • 裏切るうらぎる to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross
  • 裏目うらめ reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
  • 裏方うらかた someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
  • 表裏ひょうり front and back; inside and outside; two sides
  • 裏返しうらがえし inside out; upside down; flip side
  • 脳裏のうり one's mind

Characters sharing the phonetic 里

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “리” in Korean.

Other hanja read “리”

Other hanja with radical 衣

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences