Tail

1. Meaning:

wei3
  • Meaning: Tail
  • Etymology: Ideogram
  • Explanation: Original drawing shows a kneeling person's rear end with some hair sticking out; thus Tail

    • 2. Pronunciation: There are two pronunciations

    1. wei3 Southern Accent.
    2. yi3 Northern Accent.

    3. Write it: Click the Refresh Button to see it in motion

  • Stroke Order: On top there is the "coprse" (shi1) character with the "hair" (mao2) chacraccter beneath

    • 4. Radical:

    shi1zi4bu4
  • Explanation: Any character with this radical is associated with a kneeling person's rear end or corpse.
  • Sound: Click shi1zi4bu4 to hear it
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