U+5C3B, 尻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C3B

[U+5C3A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C3C]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 44, +2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸大弓 (SKN), four-corner 77217, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 300, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7634
  • Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 965, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5C3B

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
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 (body) + phonetic (OC *kuʔ).

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𫝲

𡰼
𡱧
𡱂

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gou1 - vernacular (usually written );
  • kao1 - literary.
Note:
  • kha - vernacular;
  • khau/kho - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaw/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑu/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ khaw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʰˁu/
English rump

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6935
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuː/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) end of spine; tailbone (coccyx) or sacrum
  2. (literary) buttocks; rump
  3. (obsolete) anus
  4. (dialectal Mandarin) to fuck
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Min Nan 剾?”)

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, colloquial) to masturbate; to jerk off
Synonyms
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Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese, vulgar) Alternative form of (gau1)

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. buttocks
  2. bottom; end
  3. Used in toponyms of Hokkaido.

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
しり
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
(less common)
(obsolete)
(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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しり) (shiri

  1. behind; the end
    (しり)()
    shiritori
    word chain
    (literally, “taking the end”)
  2. the rear portion of the body: bottom, buttocks
  3. the bottom or underside of an object
Usage notes
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  • Usually this is used with the polite prefix 御- (o-), as お尻 (oshiri).
  • When appearing in compounds as the latter element, this often takes rendaku (連濁) and voices to -jiri.
Derived terms
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See also
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Suffix

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(しり) (-shiri

  1. suffix in certain surnames
    田尻沼尻沢尻 (Tashiri / Tajiri, Numashiri / Numajiri, Sawajiri)
Usage notes
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  • When appearing as a suffix, this often takes rendaku (連濁) and voices to -jiri.

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
しり
Grade: S
(ateji)
kun'yomi

From Ainu シㇼ (sir, place, island). The kanji spelling is an example of ateji.

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(しり) (shiri

  1. used in toponyms of Hokkaido

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
いさらい
Grade: S
kun'yomi

wisarapi > wisaraɸi > wisarawi > isarai.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いさらい) (isaraiゐさらひ (wisarafi)?

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) ass, butt

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
けつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
けつ
[noun] (informal) ass; arse; buttocks
[noun] (informal) last or hindermost part
[noun] (informal) gay sex, sex between two men
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(go) (hangeul , revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko)

  1. end of spine
  2. buttocks, sacrum

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Noun

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(ちび) (chibi

  1. butt

Derived terms

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: khào

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