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Do You Say Se or Sei for 背?

The anatomical part known as the “back” is 背 (se).

Another meaning of 背 is “height, stature.” In that case, the yomi can be sei or se. The expression 背が低い (short (person)) could be romanized as either sei ga hikui or se ga hikui.

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