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The character "尾" originates as a pictograph depicting a tail, specifically one attached to a human figure, which later evolved to incorporate the component for "hair" (毛) to emphasize the bushy nature of an animal's tail. Its meaning expanded from the concrete physical appendage to denote the rear or end part of anything, and by extension, to signify something remnant, incomplete, or the concluding segment of an event. Structurally, it belongs to the radical for "corpse" (尸), which in this context represents a human body in a resting or crouched position, combined with the component for "hair" serving both a semantic and phonetic function. The traditional form of the character maintains this exact composition, while the simplified form retains the same structure without alteration, preserving its core etymological and visual logic.
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小猫有一条长尾巴。
故事的结尾很感人。
他尾随那个陌生人。
我的名字在名单末尾。
汽车尾气污染空气。
请检查账单的尾数。
我们正在扫尾工作。
电影尾音缓缓消失。