Definitions
end of spine; buttocks, sacrum
Etymology phono-semantic
body
Semantic:
尸
About
The character "尻" is structurally composed of the signific component "尸", which often relates to the human body or posture, combined with the phonetic component "九". Its original and primary meaning refers to the buttocks or the base of the spine, a definition consistent in early texts such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" where it was used to mean "tail". Over time, its semantic scope narrowed more specifically to the human posterior, while also developing a secondary, extended sense denoting the rear or end of an object. This character has not undergone graphical simplification, and its form and basic compositional elements have remained stable.
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