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Mythic Mandarin

背影 (bèi yǐng): meaning and stroke order

背影 (bèi yǐng) means rear view, figure seen from behind, view of the back (of a person or object).

背影

Simplified
背影
Traditional
背影 (same form)
Pinyin
bèi yǐng

Stroke order of 背影

背

  • bēi variant of 背[bei1]
  • bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder
  • bèi the back of a body or object; to turn one's back
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 揹

Stroke by stroke

影

  • yǐng picture; image
  • 15 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 背影

  1. bèi yǐng
    • rear view
    • figure seen from behind
    • view of the back (of a person or object)

Radicals of the characters

背
Radical 肉 (Kangxi radical 130) · 9 strokes
影
Radical 彡 (Kangxi radical 59) · 15 strokes · 景 on the left, 彡 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

背影 in our stories

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  • 奶奶看着他的背影，小声说：“灶王爷，今年的好事又多了一件。”

    nǎinai kànzhe tā de bèiyǐng xiǎoshēng shuō Zàowángyé jīnnián de hǎoshì yòu duō le yí jiàn

    Watching him go, Grandma said softly, "Kitchen God, that's one more good deed for this year."

    From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5

Stories using 背影

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).