尾

Translingual

Han character

尾 (radical 44 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹手山 (SHQU), four-corner 7721₄, composition ⿸尸毛)

1. tail, extremity
2. end, stern

References

• KangXi: page 300, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7650
• Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 966, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5C3E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尾 (jyutping mei5, Yale mei5)

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Japanese

Etymology

/wo/ > /o/.

Noun

尾 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)

1. a tail
2. the foot of a mountain
3. the end of something

Derived terms

• 尾ろ (oro)
• 尻尾 (shippo)

Kanji

尾 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: び (bi)
• Kun: お (o)

Compounds

• 尻尾 (しっぽ, shippo) a tail

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Korean

Hanja

尾 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

尾 (pinyin wěi (wei3), Wade-Giles wei³)

Compounds

• 尾巴 (wěibā)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尾 (vĩ, vãi, vả, vã, vải)