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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尻 (jyutping haau1, Yale haau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

尻 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. buttocks

Readings

• Goon: こう (kō) < かう (kau) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: こう (kō) < かう (kau) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: しり (shiri)

Compounds

• 尻尾 (しっぽ, shippo)

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

• 退く (shirizoku)
• 後方 (shirie)

Etymology 2

wisarapi > wisaraɸi > wisarawi > isarai.

Noun

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

1. ass, butt

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尻 (pinyin kāo (kao1), yǐ (yi3), Wade-Giles k'ao¹, i³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

尻 (khào)