Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

812 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

Kunyomi: うら

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ころも

Meaning: clothes

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

面(りめん)   back, reverse side

(ひょうり)   front & back, inside & outside

(のうり)   one's mind

(うら)   back, reverse side

通り(うらどおり)   side street, back street

口(うらぐち)   backdoor, rear entrance

側(うらがわ)   back, reverse side

表(うらおもて)   both sides, a double-dealer

付ける(うらづける)   support, corroborate, vouch

切る(うらぎる)   betray

返す(うらがえす)   turn inside out, turn over

Onyomi Examples

in (e.g. secret), with (e.g. success)

ウラメン back (side), reverse, other side, inside, background, dark side (e.g. of society), behind the scenes, beneath the surface

ダイリ imperial palace, festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

エイリ shade

Kunyomi Examples

うら opposite side, bottom, other side, side hidden from view, undersurface, reverse side, rear, back, behind, lining, inside, in the shadows, behind the scenes, offstage, behind (someone's) back, more (to something than meets the eye), hidden side (e.g. of one's personality), unknown circumstances, different side, proof, opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.), contrary, inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.), bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)

うらかた someone working behind-the-scenes, scene shifter, lady consort (to a high personage)

舞台 ぶたいうら offstage, backstage, behind the scenes

くちうら determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning, determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech, divining good or bad luck from listening to someone