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裏

うら

rear, reverse

Mnemonic

Turn the cloth over and there is the face of it nobody was meant to look at. The same うら as the back you get shown in 裏切る. Round the back of the office there is a park: うら.

Worth knowing

逆 ぎゃく is reverse as in the opposite direction and 背中 せなか is the back on your body. 裏 is the other side of a thing.

Built from

back, reverse
里 a village tucked away inside 衣 a garment. The side of the cloth that nobody is meant to see.

Words sharing these kanji

to betray

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