尻
buttocks; hips; butt; rear
5 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1692.
Readings
- しり (kun reading): お尻 (おしり) bottom; 尻 (しり) buttocks
- コウ (on reading): 尻座 (こうざ) sitting and hugging one's knees
- Read as a whole word: 尻尾 (しっぽ) tail (of an animal); トカゲの尻尾切り (とかげのしっぽぎり) evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; 尻尾を出す (しっぽをだす) to show one's true colors (colours)
Components
Words using 尻
- お尻 (おしり) bottom
- 尻 (しり) buttocks
- 桃尻 (ももじり) someone who is bad at horse-riding
- 尻拭い (しりぬぐい) cleaning up someone else's mess
- 尻込み (しりごみ) hesitation
- 尻尾 (しっぽ) tail (of an animal)
- トカゲの尻尾切り (とかげのしっぽぎり) evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them
- 尻尾を出す (しっぽをだす) to show one's true colors (colours)
- 尻尾を巻く (しっぽをまく) to tuck one's tail between one's legs
- 尻尾を掴む (しっぽをつかむ) to have something on someone
- 尻座 (こうざ) sitting and hugging one's knees
- 尻穴 (けつあな) anus
- 出っ尻 (でっちり) protruding buttocks
- 尻の毛まで抜かれる (けつのけまでぬかれる) to get ripped off for every last penny
- 尻穴 (けつめど) anus
- 長っ尻 (ながっちり) long stay
104 words in all.