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尻

buttocks
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingしり
JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. buttocksRtK
  2. hips
  3. butt
  4. rear
  1. behind
  2. rump

Synonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical尸corpse
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · nine (九) · baseball

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1134

Compound words

尻尾しっぽ
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
お尻おしり
bottom
御尻おしり
bottom
尻取しりとり
shiritori
尻鰭しりびれ
anal fin
尻臀しりたぶ
buttock
尻餠しりもち
falling on one's backside
鍋尻なべじり
bottom of a pot
馬尻バケツ
bucket
眉尻まゆじり
end of an eyebrow
為替尻かわせじり
balance of exchange
勘定尻かんじょうじり
balance of an account
尻の穴けつのあな
anus
尻軽女しりがるおんな
promiscuous woman
尻窄みしりすぼみ
weak ending
尻取りしりとり
shiritori
尻紮げしりからげ
tucking up the hem of one's garments
尻窄まりしりすぼまり
attenuating
尻上がりしりあがり
rising intonation
尻切れ蜻蛉しりきれトンボ
leaving unfinished
屁をひって尻窄めへをひってしりつぼめ
there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
屁をひって尻すぼめへをひってしりつぼめ
there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
屁をひって尻つぼめへをひってしりつぼめ
there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted

Kun Reading Examples

彼は女の子の尻ばかり追いかけている。しり
He's always chasing girls.tatoeba
頭隠して尻隠さず。しり
Protect yourself at all points.tatoeba
大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。しり
Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は尻尾を巻いて逃げた。
He turned tail and ran.tatoeba
彼は尻が重い。
He is lazy.tatoeba
彼は女房の尻に敷かれている。
He is a hen-pecked husband.tatoeba
彼は女の子の尻ばかり追いかけている。
He's always chasing girls.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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