Hanja Analyzer
尻

尻 — go

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
꽁무니 고
Romanization
go
English
end of spine; buttocks, sacrum
Mandarin
kāo
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
しり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,692 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
尸 (44, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
九
Unicode
U+5C3B

Parts that make up 尻

  • 尸 주검 시 구부린 몸몸과 몸으로 하는 일, 집
  • 九 아홉 구, 모을 규sound 굽혔다 편 팔아홉. ‘구’ 계열의 소리

How 尻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 尻 as a phonetic compound involving 尸, 九.

Korean example words with 尻

  • 고역전尻驛典 Korean gloss: 신라 때에, 내성(內省)에 속한 관아.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 尻

  • 尻しり buttocks; behind; rump
  • 川尻かわじり mouth of a river; lower stream
  • 塩尻しおじり cone-shaped
  • 尻尾しっぽ tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
  • お尻おしり bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
  • 台尻だいじり butt of a gun
  • 眉尻まゆじり end of an eyebrow
  • 目尻めじり outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
  • 帳尻ちょうじり closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts; consistency
  • 尻餅しりもち falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday
  • 鍋尻なべじり bottom of a pan or pot
  • 尻目しりめ looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding

Characters sharing the phonetic 九

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “고”

Other hanja with radical 尸

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