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尻 = 九 + 尸

尻 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “buttocks”. It is built from 九 (nine) and 尸 (corpse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1134.

Keyword
buttocks
RTK frame
1134
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ягодицы
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
尻 end of spine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 九 nine
  2. 尸 corpse

How to find 尻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nine” + “corpse”. 尻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 尻 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.