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尾

wěi, yǐ

tail

Depicts fur (毛) protruding from the posterior of a person (尸) wearing a decorative tail.

Components
尸 iconic component

尸  Iconic component

shī

  

sitting person

Depicts a person sitting or squatting.

毛 iconic component

毛  Iconic component

máo

  

hair

Evolution

尾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
尾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
尾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尾  

wěi

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

尾  

yǐ

horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Most common words with 尾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尾

tail

尾巴

tail

结尾

ending

鸡尾酒

cocktail (loanword)

尾声

coda

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (2 verified)

属 屬 艉

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

犀 娓 艉

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

隶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m]əjʔ

mj+jX

wěi

tail


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 29.1847% of movies

1243rd most common character in movies

1282nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5C3E

Shuowen

“尾，微也。从到毛在尸後。古人或飾系尾，西南夷亦然。”


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