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tail

HSK 4 N1
Human →Body →Limbs
wěi
ビ
お
미
Depicts fur (毛) protruding from the posterior of a person (尸) wearing a decorative tail.
Components
尸 sitting person+ 毛 fur =
尾 tail
尸 Iconic component
shī sitting person
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)
Depicts a person sitting or squatting.
毛 Iconic component
máo fur
hair, fur, feathers
Notes
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
尾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
尾 [wěi]
tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
尾 [yǐ]
horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
Japanese
尾 お 同音

noun

  1. tail (of an animal); cauda
  2. tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end
  3. astronomy tail (of a comet)
  4. slope at the foot of a mountain
尾 び 同音
  1. noun astronomy Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  2. suffixcounter counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。
The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.
Japanese Names
尾 お
O place name
尾 おさき
Osaki surname
尾 おざき
Ozaki surname
尾 おじお
Ojio unclassified name
尾 おぜき
Ozeki surname
尾 おたか
Otaka surname
尾 おだか
Odaka surname
尾 おはま
Ohama surname
尾 おばな
Obana unclassified name
尾 び
Bi surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
尾巴 [wěi​ba] #4,814
tail
结尾 [jié​wěi] #4,704
ending
结尾 [jié​wěi] #4,704
ending
鸡尾酒 [jī​wěi​jiǔ] #4,428
cocktail (loanword)
鸡尾酒 [jī​wěi​jiǔ] #4,428
cocktail (loanword)
尾声 [wěi​shēng] #10,701
coda
尾声 [wěi​shēng] #10,701
coda
从头到尾 [cóng​tóu​dào​wěi] #8,884
from start to finish
从头到尾 [cóng​tóu​dào​wěi] #8,884
from start to finish
彻头彻尾 [chè​tóu​chè​wěi] #9,186
lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (175)
⭐ 尻尾 [しっぽ] #3,623
tail (of an animal)
⭐ 尾行 [びこう] #8,746
shadow
語尾 [ごび] #10,748
(inflectional) ending of a word
鳶尾 [いちはつ] #11,281
wall iris
⭐ 最後尾 [さいこうび] #13,061
end (e.g. of a line)
⭐ 首尾 [しゅび] #14,352
beginning and end
尾を引く [おをひく] #16,255
to leave a trail
尻尾を振る [しっぽをふる] #17,510
to wag one's tail
跡をつける [あとをつける] #18,487
to tag along
追尾 [ついび] #20,271
following
165 more items
KOREAN WORDS (9)
미행 #23,994
trailing; shadowing
교미
mating
구미호
gumiho; fox with nine tails
대미
end; finale; denouement
미등
tail light; rear light
연미복
tailcoat
용두사미
anticlimax
철두철미
perfectly; immaculately; impeccably
후미
rear; tail; back