尾

Tail

Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingビ

Kun readingお

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 8Level 20

Meanings

tailRtK
end
counter for fish
lower slope of mountain

tail (of an animal)
cauda
tail (of a kite, etc.)
tail end
tail (of a comet)

Homonyms

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Same reading (お)

Radicals and components

Radical尸corpse

Components

How it's built

尾

Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · fur

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2064

Compound words

交尾こうび

copulation (among animals)

狗尾草エノコログサ

green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

首尾しゅび

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; course of events

尻尾しっぽ

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

尾行びこう

shadow; tail; following

尾根おね

(mountain) ridge

末尾まつび

end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

最後尾さいこうび

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

巻尾かんび

end of a book

語尾ごび

(inflectional) ending of a word

(ear of) Japanese pampas grass

ornamental ridge-end tile

驥尾きび

tail of a swift horse

鴟尾しび

ornamental ridge-end tile

鵄尾しび

ornamental ridge-end tile

麈尾しゅび

priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer

燕尾鸛えんびこう

maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)

猿尾枷サルオガセ

old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)

Kun Reading Examples

誰か尾の男を捕まえてください。お

Someone! Catch that man!tatoeba

赤ん坊は猫の尾でおもしろく遊んでた。お

The baby was amusing itself with the cat's tail.tatoeba

私を見たとき、犬は尾を振った。お

Seeing me, the dog wagged its tail.tatoeba

私の犬が尾を振っている。お

My dog is wagging his tail.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は尻尾を巻いて逃げた。

He turned tail and ran.tatoeba

彼は首尾よくその大学に入学した。

He succeeded in entering the university.tatoeba

彼は首尾よくその川を泳いで渡った。

He succeeded in swimming across the river.tatoeba

彼は一生懸命勉強して首尾よく奨学金を得るつもりだ。

He expects to succeed in winning a scholarship by studying hard.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Tail. 尸 (body) + 毛 (fur) — fur at the end of a body.

Practice Writing

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Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step