尾

7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

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

Kun'yomi
  • お
    		tail (of an animal) ②tail (of a kite, etc.) ③tail (of a comet) ④slope at the foot of a mountain
On'yomi
  • ビ
    		Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ②counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

Main Radical

尸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

お 77.7%
ビ 22.3%

Character Breakdown

tail, end, counter for fish
お　ビ (7th, N1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
fur, hair, feather
モウ　け　めん (2nd, N2)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
to depend on, to entrust with
タク　チャク
seven
なな　シチ　なの (1st, N5)

Contained In

梶

Common Words

お
尾
tail (of an animal) ②tail (of a kite, etc.) ③tail (of a comet) ④slope at the foot of a mountain
び
尾
こう
行
shadow
お
尾
わり
張
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
ご
語
び
尾
(inflectional) ending of a word ②end of a sentence
お
尾
びれ
鰭
caudal fin
お
尾
　
ひ
　
れ
tail and fins ②embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.)
か
枯
　
れ
お
尾
ばな
花
withered silver grass
お
尾
ね
根
(mountain) ridge
お
尾
かしら
頭
つ
付
　
き
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
とら
虎
　
の
お
尾
tiger's tail ②gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides) ③Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
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References

Unicode hex code 5C3E
JIS X 0208 1-40-88
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1383
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Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 526
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1934
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3r4.2
Four corner code 7721.4
De Roo Code 3756