背文字

Reading

Kana: せもじ

Romaji: semoji

Definition

noun

1

lettering on the spine of a book

Kanji

背

Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける

Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

字

Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な

Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village