# 揹

| 揹 | U+63F9, &#25593; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63F9 |
| ← 揸 [U+63F8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 揺 → [U+63FA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

揹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手中心月 (QLPB), four-corner 5102$_7$, composition ⿰扌背)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 445, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12444
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1914, character 5
* Unihan data for U+63F9

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 揹 – see 背 (“to carry on the back; to carry; to bear (blame); to shoulder (responsibility)”). (This character is a variant form of 背).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pà
    (Hailu, HRS): ba
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ba$^2$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pà
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba
*** Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ba$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa¹¹/

#### Definitions

揹
* (Hakka) to carry on the back

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 負 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 背負 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 背 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 背 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 背 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 背 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 背 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 背, 馱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 背, 馱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 背, 馱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 孭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馱, 背 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 背, 揹$_2$ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 背 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 騎, 邁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 邁 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 背, 揹$_3$, 偝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揹$_3$, 偝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揹$_3$, 偝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 背 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 背 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 背, 擐 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 背 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 背 |

#### Compounds

* 揹帶／背带

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phāiⁿ / phǎiⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: phāinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phvai
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /pʰãi³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰãi²²/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǎiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: phǎinn
*** IPA (Lukang): /pʰãi³³/

#### Definitions

揹
* (Hokkien) to carry on the back
* (Hokkien, figurative) to carry; to bear; to shoulder
** 2014, “溫柔的外衫”, 高以德 (lyrics), 許明傑 (music)‎performed by 黃妃 [Huang Fei]:
       lí phi-tio̍h un-liû ê gōa-saⁿ, phāiⁿ-tio̍h bô-sim ê chōe-miâ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 負 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 背負 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 背 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 背 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 背 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 背 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 背 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 背, 馱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 背, 馱 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 背, 馱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 孭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馱, 背 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 背, 揹$_2$ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 背 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 騎, 邁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 邁 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 背, 揹$_3$, 偝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揹$_3$, 偝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揹$_3$, 偝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 背 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 背 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 背, 擐 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 背 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 背 |

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): me$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: me$^1$
*** Yale: mē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: me$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

揹 (Cantonese)
* Alternative form of 孭／𱙷 (me$^1$, “to carry on the back; to carry responsibility”)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01348

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): はい (hai)
* Kun: せおう (seou)