尻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

buttocks, hips, butt, rear

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • しりJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • がみ
Other languages
  • 拼音kao1
  • 한글go
  • Hán-ViệtKhào
  • Hán-ViệtCừu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
屮(てつ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5C3B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸尸九

Words using this kanji

  • しりbuttocks, behind, rump, bottom
  • 尻尾しっぽtail (of an animal), tail end, tip
  • 尻餅しりもち「しりもち」を参照。falling on one's backside, pratfall, mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday, mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
  • 尻目しりめ「しりめ」の漢字表記。looking at from the corner of one's eye, sidelong glance, disregarding, ignoring
  • 尻重しりおもslowcoach, lazybones, slowpoke
  • 尻軽しりがるloose, promiscuous, unfaithful, wanton
  • 尻癖しりくせincontinence, promiscuity
  • 尻座こうざcrouching
  • 尻馬しりうまbuttocks of a horse being ridden or followed, blindly following suit
  • 尻捲しりまくりrolling one's kimono up to one's waist
  • 尻穴けつめどanus, asshole, bastard
  • 尻毛しりげbuttock hair
  • 尻肉しりにくrump, butt flesh
  • 尻軽女しりがるおんなpromiscuous woman, wanton girl
  • 尻取りしりとりshiritori, word-chain game
  • 尻込みしりごみ「しりごみ」の漢字表記。hesitation, wavering, faltering, balking
  • 尻拭いしりぬぐいcleaning up someone else's mess, making up for someone else's mistake, ass-wiping, arse-wiping
  • 尻切れしりきれobject cut off at the end, sudden, abrupt ending
  • 尻当てしりあてlining of pants seat
  • 尻抜けしりぬけforgetfulness, leaving things unfinished

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(113 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-2
Four Corner
7721.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3r2.1
Heisig
1134
Nelson
1379