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尻

buttocks, hips, butt, rear

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ

Kun'yomi

  • しり

Nanori

  • がみ

Meaning

尻 centers on the lower rear part of the body: the buttocks or hips. It refers to the physical rear end.

Most common words using 尻

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  • 尻しり
    N4

    buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips

  • 尻尾しっぽ
    N3

    tail (of an animal)

  • お尻おしり

    bottom; buttocks

  • 尻拭いしりぬぐい

    cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake

  • 檀尻だんじり

    decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals

  • 塩尻しおじり

    cone-shaped

  • 目尻めじり

    outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

  • 桃尻ももじり

    someone who is bad at horse-riding

  • 尻目しりめ

    looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance

  • 川尻かわじり

    mouth of a river; lower stream

  • 尻込みしりごみ

    hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

  • 巨尻きょじり

    large buttocks (esp. of a woman)

  • 帳尻ちょうじり

    closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts

  • 尻軽しりがる

    loose; promiscuous; unfaithful; wanton; of loose morals

  • 尻餅しりもち

    falling on one's backside; pratfall

  • 言葉尻ことばじり

    word ending; way of ending one's words

  • 尻上がりしりあがり

    rising intonation; upward inflection

  • 尻バットけつバット

    spanking with a baseball bat

  • 尻毛しりげ

    buttock hair

  • 尻切れしりきれ

    object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending

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Etymology

尻 combines 尸 (body) and 九, which may have originally depicted the curved shape of the buttocks. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The outer 尸 represents the body, and inside 九 looks like a curved shape. Picture the body's curved rear end: 尻 is the buttocks.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, imagine a person sitting on their rear, making a 'coo' sound of comfort: coo -> コウ.