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今日の漢字
Secondary schoolJLPT N1

tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

7 strokes · frequency rank #875

On
Kun

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Common words

  1. tail (of an animal); cauda1
    • The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.

    • The dog wagged its tail eagerly.

    • A fish swims by moving its tail.

  2. しっぽtail (of an animal)2
    • He turned tail and ran.

    • The dog was wagging his tail.

    • Tails are absent in some cats.

  3. おね(mountain) ridge3
  4. さいこうびend (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part4
  5. こうびcopulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering5
  6. びよくtail (of an aircraft); empennage; tail assembly6
  7. びこうshadow; tail; following7
  8. まつびend (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)8
  9. せんびstern9
  10. ごび(inflectional) ending of a word10
    • '-osity' is an abstract noun word ending created from the ending of an '-ous' adjective.

    • In many languages the way dictionary-form words end is fixed; in Japanese they end in a 'u row' character.

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