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

• 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

(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

Alternative spelling
裡 (rare)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うら​ [ùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

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. reverse side of a coin ("tails")
4. (baseball) bottom (of an inning)

Antonyms

• 表(おもて) (omote)

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
• 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)

Korean

Alternative forms

• 裡

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 裡 (MC liX).

Historical Readings
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	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), South Korea 속 이 (sok i))

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

Compounds

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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