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Kanji Detail for 尾 - "tail, end, follow"
尾
- Meaning
尾 means "tail, end, follow."
Tail - An animal's tail.
Behind - End; extremity.
Mating - Animals mating.
Counter - A word for counting fish.
- 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.
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Sentences including 尾
The boy passed the examination with success.
Someone ! catch that man !
He succeeded in swimming across the river.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
ご退屈だろうと思って、お茶を入れて持って来たんですが、茶の間で宜しければあちらで上げますから」私は奥さんの後に尾いて書斎を出た。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
我々が首尾よく試験を済ましました時、二人とももう後一年だといって奥さんは喜んでくれました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
日蓮の生れた日に、鯛が二｜尾磯に打ち上げられていたとかいう言伝えになっているのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
昼間見ると、その鴉が何羽となく輪を描いて、高い鴟尾のまわりを啼きながら、飛びまわっている。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
我々が首尾よく試験を済ましました時、二人とももう後一年だといって奥さんは喜んでくれました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
日蓮の生れた日に、鯛が二｜尾磯に打ち上げられていたとかいう言伝えになっているのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha