尻

尻 U+5C3B, 尻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C3B ← 尺 [U+5C3A] CJK Unified Ideographs 尼 → [U+5C3C]

尻 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸大弓 (SKN), four-corner 7721₇, composition ⿸尸九)

• 㘲, 𡶋, 泦, 𨸰, 𣐊, 𣳣, 𦙷, 𧿻, 䯌, 髛, 𩬜

• 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

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 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).

simp. and trad.		尻
alternative forms		𫝲 㞍 𡰼 𡱧 𡱂

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

尻

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

simp. and trad.		尻

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

尻

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, colloquial) to masturbate; to jerk off

尻

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) Alternative form of 鳩／鸠 (gau¹)

(Jōyō kanji)

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

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: しり (shiri, 尻, Jōyō)、いさらい (isarai, 尻)、けつ (ketsu, 尻)
• Nanori: がみ (gami)

• 尻(しっ)尾(ぽ) (shippo)

Kanji in this term
尻
しり Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
後 (less common) 臀 (obsolete) 㞍 (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.

• (Tokyo) しり [shìríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲi]

尻(しり) • (shiri) 

1. behind; the end

   尻(しり)取(と)り

   shiritori

   word chain

   (literally, “taking the end”)

2. the rear portion of the body: bottom, buttocks
   • 2018, 吉田卓矢, 傷害致死容疑：尻に高圧空気、同僚死なす　男を逮捕 in 毎日新聞 (Mainichi Shimbun)

     茨(いばら)城(き)県警(けんけい)竜(りゅう)ヶ崎(さき)署(しょ)は １４(じゅうよっ)日(か)、会社(かいしゃ)の同僚(どうりょう)の尻(しり)に空気(くうき)を入(い)れて死亡(しぼう)させたとして、同県(どうけん)つくば市(し)手(て)代(しろ)木(ぎ)の会社員(かいしゃいん)、吉(よし)田(だ)佳志(よしゆき)容(よう)疑者(ぎしゃ)（３４(さんじゅうよん)）を傷害(しょうがい)致死(ちし)容疑(ようぎ)で逮(たい)捕(ほ)した。

     Ibaraki Kenkei Ryūgasaki-sho wa jūyokka, kaisha no dōryō no shiri ni kūki o irete shibō saseta to shite, dōken Tsukuba-shi Teshirogi no kaishain, Yoshida Yoshiyuki yōgisha (sanjūyon) o shōgai-chishi yōgi de taiho shita.

     On the 14th, Ibaraki Prefecture Ryugasaki Police arrested suspect Yoshiyuki YOSHIDA, 34, an office worker from Teshirogi, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on charges of manslaughter for pumping air into the rectum of a coworker and causing his death.

3. the bottom or underside of an object

• 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.

• ボン・キュッ・ボン (bon kyub bon, “Nice proportions: ボン - a big breasts キュッ - a tight waist ボン - a big butt”, said of a woman)

尻(しり) • (-shiri) 

1. suffix in certain surnames

   田尻、沼尻、沢尻 (Tashiri / Tajiri, Numashiri / Numajiri, Sawajiri)

• When appearing as a suffix, this often takes rendaku (連濁) and voices to -jiri.

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲi]

尻(しり) • (shiri) 

1. used in toponyms of Hokkaido

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

wisarapi > wisaraɸi > wisarawi > isarai.

• IPA^(key): [isa̠ɾa̠i]

尻(いさらい) • (isarai) ^{←ゐさらひ (wisarafi)?}

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) ass, butt

Kanji in this term
尻
けつ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 尻 – see the following entry.

【けつ】 [noun] (informal) ass; arse; buttocks [noun] (informal) last or hindermost part [noun] (informal) upcoming item on the schedule [noun] (informal) gay sex, sex between two men Alternative spelling 穴

(This term, 尻, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

尻 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko)

1. end of spine
2. buttocks, sacrum

(Jōyō kanji)

• Kun: ちび (chibi, 尻)

尻(ちび) (chibi) 

1. butt

• 尻(ちび)ぬ目(みー) (chibi nu mī, “anus”)

尻: Hán Nôm readings: khào

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