Definitions
end of spine; buttocks, sacrum
Etymology phono-semantic
body
Semantic:
尸
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尻 is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 尸, which represents a body or a person in a seated posture, surrounds the phonetic component 九. Etymologically, it was developed to designate the buttocks, rump, or base of the spine. Over time, the meaning broadened to indicate the bottom, end, or rearmost part of an object or animal, and it has consistently been used as a noun denoting the lower posterior part of a physical entity.
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