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尾

wěi

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

wěi · mei5 (Jyutping)

  1. tail
  2. remainder
  3. remnant
  4. extremity
  5. sixth of the 28 constellations
  6. classifier for fish

yǐ · mei5 (Jyutping)

  1. horse's tail
  2. pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

尾

Meaning
tail, extremity; end, stern; 6th lunar mansion, determinative star μ¹ Scorpii (Xamidimura)
Radical
尸
Strokes
7
Components
⿸尸毛
Cangjie
SHQU
Four-corner
7721.4

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