尾

wěi
#1,280 most
frequent character
tail, remainder, remnant, extremity

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

尾 shows a crouching person 尸 with 毛, hair or fur; 毛 also supplies the sound. It first meant a tail. From tail came the ideas of remainder, the tail end, and the end of a matter.

Drawn as: a crouching person; fur

尾 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
犀娓
picture1 character
艉

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Same Characters, Different Readings

尾yǐ
horse's tail

Homophones

伟wěi
big, large, great
伪wěi
false, fake, forged, bogus
委wěi
to entrust, to cast aside
唯wěi
yes

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