尾 – tail, end, counter for fish

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The kanji 尾 means tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ビ (bi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お (o). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 尸 (no. 44).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ビ	bi
Kun’yomi	お	o

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: 毛・尸.

Words using 尾

尾おtail (of an animal)

Example sentences

雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。

The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.

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Kanji with the same radical

局展屋層居属届尽屈履尿尻屑屎

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