漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
尻: buttocks, hips
Also: butt, rear
N1 (our estimate)5 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
尸 carries the meaning · 九 is drawn in
5 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
しりshiri · kun'yomi · on its own
- 尻しりbuttocks; behind; rump
- 川尻かわじりmouth of a river; lower stream
- 塩尻しおじりcone-shaped
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 尻尾しっぽtail (of an animal)
Also read コウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Lie down and cover up! This radical has two lives: it can represent the stillness of a body or the protection of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
九
Also built on nine (九)
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kāo
Same form: 尻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 尻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 尻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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