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Kanji Detail for 尾 - "tail, mating"

尾

  • Meaning

    尾 means "tail, mating." Also associated with behind.

    1. Tail - An animal's tail.

    2. Behind - End; extremity.

    3. Mating - Animals mating.

    4. Counter - A word for counting fish.

  • Words using 尾

    • 尾根 おね Listen (mountain) ridge
    • 尻尾 しっぽ Listen tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
    • 最後尾 さいこうび Listen end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear

  • Four-character idioms with 尾

    • 徹頭徹尾 てっとうてつび Listen thoroughly; through and through; out and out
    • 竜頭蛇尾 りゅうとうだび Listen strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
    • 首尾一貫 しゅびいっかん Listen consistent; unchanging from beginning to end
    • 首尾貫徹 しゅびかんてつ Listen (logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end

  • Tattoo check: 尾

    • Verified meaning: tail, mating
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさき, おざき, おじお, おぜき)
    • Also carries these associations: behind

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 尾

    Surnames 尾(おさき)Listen 尾(おざき)Listen 尾(おじお)Listen 尾(おぜき)Listen 尾(おたか)Listen 尾(おだか)Listen 尾(おばな)Listen 尾(おはま)Listen 尾(び)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tail; end; counter for fish; lower slope of mountain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tail, extremity; end, stern; 6th lunar mansion, determinative star μ¹ Scorpii (Xamidimura)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tail; extremity, end; back, rear

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The rear extremity. Birds, beasts, insects, and fish all have them. | The end. All that comes last is called 尾. Such as the beginning and end of an affair called 首尾. Remaining balance called 尾數. Also, when beginning and end don't correspond, it's called 尾大不掉. | A star name. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bi(ビ) ビ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o(お) お

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    tail behind rear end trailing last posterior counter for fish suffix follow

Sentences including 尾

  • The boy passed the examination with success.

  • Someone ! catch that man !

  • He succeeded in swimming across the river.

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