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尻 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸大弓 (SKN), four-corner 77217, composition ⿸尸九)
Historical forms of the character 尻 | ||
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Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形) in the oracle bone script – a person with the buttocks highlighted.
In the seal script, it developed into a phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰuː) : semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).
simp. and trad. |
尻 | |
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alternative forms | 𫝲 㞍 𡰼 𡱧 𡱂 |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
尻
simp. and trad. |
尻 |
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Min Nan 剾?”)
尻
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Kanji in this term |
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尻 |
しり Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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後 (less common) 臀 (obsolete) 㞍 (rare) |
From Old Japanese, in turn from Proto-Japonic *siri. Ultimate derivation unknown.
The use as a suffixing element in surnames is of unclear derivation. Many of these surnames may derive from place names, in which case the "behind, the end" sense may be the origin. However, other surnames have no clear geographic derivation.
Kanji in this term |
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尻 |
しり Grade: S (ateji) |
kun'yomi |
From Ainu シㇼ (sir, “place, island”). The kanji spelling is an example of ateji.
Kanji in this term |
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尻 |
いさらい Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
wisarapi > wisaraɸi > wisarawi > isarai.
尻 • (isarai) ←ゐさらひ (wisarafi)?
Kanji in this term |
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尻 |
けつ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 尻 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 尻, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) |
尻 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko)
尻 (chibi)
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