尻 – buttocks, hips, butt

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The kanji 尻 means buttocks, hips, butt, rear. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しり (shiri). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 尸 (no. 44).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	しり	shiri

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 尸 (Kangxi radical 44). Components: 九・尸.

Words using 尻

尻しりbuttocks

Example sentences

彼は女の子の尻ばかり追いかけている。

He's always chasing girls.

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Kanji with the same radical

局展屋層居尾属届尽屈履尿屑屎

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