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尾

tail
Stroke count: 7

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. tailRtK
  2. end
  3. counter for fish
  4. lower slope of mountain
  1. tail (of an animal)
  2. cauda
  3. tail (of a kite, etc.)
  4. tail end
  5. tail (of a comet)

Radicals and components

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

ⓘ

flag (方) · fur

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

Compound words

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
交尾こうび
copulation (among animals)
接尾せつび
suffix
鳶尾いちはつ
wall iris
鳩尾みぞおち
pit of the stomach
尾花おばな
(ear of) Japanese pampas grass
尾鰭おひれ
tail and fins
尾橇びそり
tail skid (aircraft)
掉尾ちょうび
final effort
蚩尾しび
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)
狗尾草エノコログサ
green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

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

Practice Writing

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