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尻

尻

Translingual

Han character

尻 (radical 44 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸大弓 (SKN), four-corner 77217, composition ⿸尸九)

  1. end of spine, sacrum
  2. buttocks

References

  • KangXi: page 300, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7634
  • Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 965, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5C3B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 尻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尻
Oracle bone script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尻 *kʰuː
訄 *kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽 *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓 *qʰruː
鳩 *ku
勼 *ku
九 *kuʔ
究 *kus
仇 *ɡu
鼽 *ɡu
犰 *ɡu
叴 *ɡu
厹 *ɡu
頄 *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹 *ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗 *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏 *ɡu
訅 *ɡu
釚 *ɡu
肍 *ɡu
軌 *kʷrɯwʔ
宄 *kʷrɯwʔ
氿 *kʷrɯwʔ
匭 *kʷrɯwʔ
泦 *kuɡ
旭 *qʰʷoɡ

Etymology

Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan kha, which may be etymologically unrelated.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 尻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰaw/
Li
Rong		 /kʰɑu/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kāo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 尻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khaw ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʰˤu/
English rump

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尻
Reading # 1/1
No. 6935
Phonetic
component		 九
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 尻
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰuː/

Noun

尻

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

尻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. buttocks
  2. phonetic borrowing (no meaning) from Ainu シㇼ ‎(sir, “place, island”)

Readings

Compounds

  • 尻尾 (しっぽ, shippo)
  • 奥尻島 (おくしりとう, Okushiri-tō, Okushiri Island from Ainu Iku Sir)
  • 利尻島 (りしりとう, Rishiri-tō)

Etymology 1

Noun

尻 ‎(hiragana しり, romaji shiri)

  1. behind; the end
  2. the rear portion of the body; ass, buttock
  3. the bottom or underside of an object
Usage notes

Usually this is used with the polite prefix 御- ‎(o-), as お尻.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

wisarapi > wisaraɸi > wisarawi > isarai.

Noun

尻 ‎(hiragana いさらい, romaji isarai, historical hiragana ゐさらひ)

  1. ass, butt

Korean

Hanja

尻 • ‎(go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko)

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Okinawan

Kanji

尻 ‎(hiragana ちび, romaji chibi)

Noun

尻 ‎(hiragana ちび, romaji chibi)

  1. butt

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Han character

尻 (khào)

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