裏

See also: 裹, 裡, and 里

裏	U+88CF, 裏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88CF

← 裎
[U+88CE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

裐 →
[U+88D0]

裏	U+F9E7, 裏 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9E7

← 罹
[U+F9E6]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

裡 →
[U+F9E8]

Translingual

Traditional	裡
Simplified	里
Japanese	裏
Korean	裏

Han character

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

Derived characters

𰂶, 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

Unihan data for U+F9E7

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

Japanese

Kanji

裏

(Sixth grade 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

Alternative spelling
裡 (rare)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うら [ùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

裏(うら) • (ura)

back; behind; other side
校(こう)舎(しゃ)裏(うら) ― kōsha-ura ― the back of the school; behind the school building
inside
reverse side of a coin ("tails")
(baseball) bottom (of an inning)

Antonyms

表(おもて) (omote)

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
脳裏(のうり) (nōri)
表裏(ひょうり) (hyōri)
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.
手裏剣(しゅりけん) (shuriken)
裏面(りめん) (rimen)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Alternative forms

裡

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 裡 (MC liX).

Historical Readings
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527^[1]	솝〯 (Yale: swǒp)	리〯 (Yale: lǐ)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾi(ː)] ~ [i(ː)]
Phonetic hangul: [리(ː)/이(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

裏 (eumhun 속 리 (sok ri), word-initial (South Korea) 속 이 (sok i))

hanja form^? of 리/이 (“within”) [affix; suffix]

Compounds

표리 (表裏, pyori)
객리 (客裏, gaengni)
뇌리 (腦裏, noeri)
심리 (心裏, simni)
이면 (裏面, imyeon)
면리침 (綿裏針, myeollichim)
암묵리 (暗黙裏, ammungni)
암암리 (暗暗裏, amamni)
비밀리 (祕密裏, bimilli)
성황리 (盛況裏, seonghwangni)
표리부동 (表裏不同, pyoribudong)
표리일체 (表裏一體, pyoriilche)
면리장침 (綿裏藏針, myeollijangchim)
소리장도 (笑裏藏刀, sorijangdo)
이면경계 (裏面境界, imyeon'gyeonggye)
이면수습 (裏面收拾, imyeonsuseup)
호리건곤 (壺裏乾坤, horigeon'gon)

Vietnamese

Han character

裏: Hán Nôm readings: lí

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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