Components

尻 means 'butt'

Animation / stroke order not available.
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 5    Frequency: 1157   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-15    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 49    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 72 words   Used in 104 words   Used in 871 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Kun
   しり butt, buttocks
On    コウ
Name    がみ
⿸   corpse   nine  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
 butt  
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
LOG IN to view your flashcards
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 尻 is used 3 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 尻 is used 80 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Showing:
コウ : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
crouching  (archaic)
(click the word for examples and links)
しり : 56 words FIND ALL
2
noun
1. buttocks; behind; rump; bottom
2. undersurface; bottom
(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings and 3 forms, examples and links)
しり (read as じり) : 23 words FIND ALL
1
noun
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye  (see also: 目頭)
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
An additional 1 less common words include 尻 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 2035  Key to Kanji:

Cascading kanji view

しり butt, buttocks   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
corpse
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×