# 裏

| 裏 | U+88CF, &#35023; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88CF |
| ← 裎 [U+88CE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 裐 → [U+88D0] |
| 裏 | U+F9E7, &#63975; 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 0073$_2$, composition ⿴衣里 or ⿳亠里𧘇)

#### Derived characters

* 𰂶, 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

| | 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 |

### Further reading

* “裏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade 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 –)
* IPA: [ɯ̟ɾa̠]

### Noun

裏(うら) • (ura)
* back; behind; other side
    校(こう)舎(しゃ)裏(うら) ― kōsha-ura ― the back of the school; behind the school building
* inside
* reverse side of a coin ("tails")
* (baseball) bottom (of an inning)

#### Antonyms

* 表(おもて) (omote)

#### 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)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Alternative forms

* 裡

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 裡 (MC liX).
Historical Readings :
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 솝〯 (Yale: swǒp) | 리〯 (Yale: lǐ) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [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), word-initial (South Korea) 속 이 (sok i))
* hanja form of 리/이 (“within”) [affix; suffix]

### Compounds

* 객리 (客裏, gaengni)
* 뇌리 (腦裏, noeri)
* 면리장침 (綿裏藏針, myeollijangchim)
* 면리침 (綿裏針, myeollichim)
* 비밀리 (祕密裏, bimilli)
* 성황리 (盛況裏, seonghwangni)
* 소리장도 (笑裏藏刀, sorijangdo)
* 심리 (心裏, simni)
* 암묵리 (暗黙裏, ammungni)
* 암암리 (暗暗裏, amamni)
* 이면 (裏面, imyeon)
* 이면경계 (裏面境界, imyeon'gyeonggye)
* 이면수습 (裏面收拾, imyeonsuseup)
* 표리 (表裏, pyori)
* 표리부동 (表裏不同, pyoribudong)
* 표리일체 (表裏一體, pyoriilche)
* 호리건곤 (壺裏乾坤, horigeon'gon)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

裏: Hán Nôm readings: lí
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