尾 : Tail

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Components:

尸毛

tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

On 'yomi:

ビ(bi)

Kun 'yomi:

お(o)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	尸 (44)
Usage Rating:	875

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	05c3e
jis208:	40-88

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尾 Usage examples

虎の尾を踏む(とらのおをふむ)	to take great risks
有尾類(ゆうびるい)	urodeles (tailed amphibians)
後を尾ける(あとをつける)	to leave tracks, to follow
交尾む(つるむ) 孳尾む(つるむ)	to copulate (animals), to mate
水平尾翼(すいへいびよく)	tailplane, horizontal stabilizer, horizontal stabiliser
末尾再帰(まつびさいき)	tail recursion
鳶尾(いちはつ)	wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis
首尾貫徹(しゅびかんてつ)	(logical) consistency, coherence, unchanging from beginning to end
接尾詞(せつびし)	suffix
鹿尾菜(ヒジキ)	hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
尾羽(おばね) 尾羽根(おばね)	tail feathers
尾羽打ち枯らす(おはうちからす) 尾羽うち枯らす(おはうちからす)	to be in a miserable state, to be down and out
韻尾(いんび)	yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)
尾ける(つける)	to hunt a spy, to put a tail on someone, to stalk
断尾(だんび)	cropping a tail
尾ひれをつける(おひれをつける) 尾鰭を付ける(おひれをつける) 尾ひれを付ける(おひれをつける)	to exaggerate, to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
尾高型(おだかがた)	pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low
尻尾を出す(しっぽをだす)	to give oneself away
尻尾を巻く(しっぽをまく)	(a person) to admit defeat, to turn tail (and run)
尾白鷲(オジロワシ)	white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
最後尾(さいこうび)	end of a line (queue)
瑠璃虎の尾(るりとらのお) 兎児尾苗(るりとらのお)	beach speedwell, Veronica Longifolia