Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 尾
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尾 |
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Meaning |
tail, remainder, remnant, extremity |
Pronunciation |
wěi |
Explanation |
Top: buttock 尸 (in side-view), bottom: hair 毛 |
Mnemonic
| At the back, the hair turns into: a tail. |
Radicals
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尸
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buttocks in side view | (This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.) |
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毛
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fur | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 尾巴 |
wěi ba |
tail | | 尾随 |
wěi suí |
to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of | | 末尾 |
mò wěi |
tip; extremity | | 龙头蛇尾 |
lóng tóu shé wěi |
lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | | 街头巷尾 |
jiē tóu xiàng wěi |
top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | | 尾鳍 |
wěi qí |
tail or caudal fin |
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