尾
尾 — Tail
tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain
On’yomiビ (bi)
Kun’yomiお (o)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 尾
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尾 | お o | tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.) |
| 尾根 | おね one | (mountain) ridge |
| 尻尾 | しっぽ shippo | tail (of an animal); tail end; tip |
| 最後尾 | さいこうび saikoubi | end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear |
| 末尾 | まつび matsubi | end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.) |
| 交尾 | こうび koubi | copulation (among animals); mating; treading |
Study notes
尾 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #875 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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