Chinese Character 尾 Meanings and components.

Form

尾

Meaning

尾 meaning[3] in English

Tail.

Remainder.

Remnant.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and surname Mao (毛)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SHQU

How to write 尾

To write尾wei3tail you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 毛mao2surname Mao arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 毛 = 尾

尾 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 尾 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 尾, looks as follow:

尾
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Tail . Remainder . Remnant . Extremity . Sixth Of The 28 Constellations . Classifier For Fish
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
毛
Pinyin:mao2
Meaning[3]: Surname Mao

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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