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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 尾 U+5C3E |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 𡱓 Semantic variant | 𡱕 Semantic variant | 𡲵 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 尸+ 4 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.254#33 Kangxi: p.300#16 Cihai: p.447r2c02 GSR: 583.a Hanyu: v2,p0966#16 |
| Composition: | Top-left: 尸, bottom-right: 毛. Component of: 𠉜 𠡨 𠧮 娓 𡷕 𫰵 浘 𡷱 𠳿 𢭶 𫵞 屗 屘 𡱬 𫸛 𡱵 捤 𭕟 𫯨 𢽙 [More] |
| Mandarin: | wěi yǐ ㄨㄟˇ ㄧˇ |
| Cantonese: | mei5 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *miə̌i |
| Shuowen: | 《尾部》尾：微也。从到毛在尸后。古人或饰系尾，西南夷亦然。凡尾之属皆从尾。今隶变作尾。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·尾·尾》尾：首尾也，易曰履虎尾又姓史记有尾生。无匪切，八。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·尸部·四》尾：〔古文〕𡱕𡱓𡲵《广韵》《集韵》《正韵》无匪切《韵会》武匪切，𠀤音委。《说文》微也。从倒毛在尸后。《玉篇》鸟兽鱼虫皆有之。又末后稍也。《易·未济》狐濡其尾。《书·君牙》若蹈虎尾。又《诗·邶风》琐兮尾兮，流离之子。《注》琐，细。尾，末也。又《战国策》王若能爲此尾。《注》终也。又东方星名，十八度尾爲大辰。又次名。《礼·月令》日月会于鹑尾，斗建申之辰也。又底也。《尔雅·释水》瀵大出尾下。《注》尾犹底也。言其源深出于底下者名瀵。瀵犹洒散也。又《书·尧典》仲春鸟兽孶尾。《注》乳化曰孳，交接曰尾，因物之生育，验其气之和也。又陪尾，山名，在江夏安陆县。一名横尾。一曰负尾。又姓。《左传》殷民六族有尾勺氏。又汉刘虞吏尾敦。 考证：〔《尔雅·释水》瀵大出尾。〕谨照原文尾下增下字。 |
| Fanqie: | 无匪 (《广韵·上声·尾·尾》) |
| Unihan definition: | tail, extremity; end, stern |
Example usage
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 立视五巂，式视马尾，顾不过毂。 |
| Standing (in his carriage) one should look (forward only) to the distance of five revolutions of the wheels. Bending forward, he should (do so only till he) sees the tails of the horses. He should not turn his head round beyond the (line of the) naves. | |
| 《论衡·率性》: | 尧以天下让舜，鲧为诸侯，欲得三公而尧不听，怒其猛兽，欲以为乱，比兽之角可以为城，举尾以为旌，奋心盛气，阻战为强。 |
| Yao yielded the empire to Shun. Gun, one of his vassals, desired to become one of the three chief ministers, but Yao did not listen to this request. Thereupon Gun became more infuriated than even ferocious animals are, and wished to rebel. The horns of animals, all in a line, served him as a rampart, and their lifted tails were his banners. They opposed and tackled their foe with the utmost determination and energy. | |
| 《庄子·天运》: | 其卒无尾，其始无首。 |
| Its end was marked by no formal conclusion, and it began again without any prelude. | |
| 《孙子兵法·九地》: | 率然者，常山之蛇也，击其首，则尾至，击其尾，则首至，击其中，则首尾俱至。 |
| Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 熊耳、外方、桐柏至于负尾。 |
| From 'Bear's-ear,' Waifang, and Tongbo hills to Fuwei. | |
| 《诗经·汝坟》: | 鲂鱼赬尾、王室如毁 。 |
| The bream is showing its tail all red; The royal House is like a blazing fire. | |
| 《尚书·尧典》: | 厥民析，鸟兽孳尾。 |
| The people are dispersed (in the fields), and birds and beasts breed and copulate. | |
| 《周易·未济》: | 濡其尾，亦不知极也。 |
| 'His tail gets immersed:' - this is the very height of ignorance. | |
| 《荀子·赋》: | 长其尾而锐其剽者邪？ |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 故麒麟麇身、牛尾，圆顶一角，合仁怀义，音中律吕，行步中规，折旋中矩，择土而践，位平然后处，不群居，不旅行，纷兮其有质文也，幽闲则循循如也，动则有仪容。 |
| 《春秋繁露·求雨》: | 市中亦置虾猪一，闻鼓声，皆烧虾猪尾。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷八》: | 天老对曰：“夫凤象、鸿前麟后，蛇颈而鱼尾，龙文而龟身，燕颔而鸡啄。” |
| 《大戴礼记·夏小正》: | 五月大火中，六月斗柄正在上，用此见斗柄之不正当心也，盖当依依尾也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·灾变》: | 月食救之者，阴失明也，故角尾交日。 |
| 《新书·大都》: | 臣闻尾大不掉，末大必折，此岂不施威诸侯之心哉？ |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 易曰：‘狐涉水，濡其尾。’ |
| 《中论·贵言》: | 尾生与妇人期于水边，水暴至不去而死，欲以为信也，则不如无信焉。 |
| 《潜夫论·志氏姓》: | 州、薄、甘、戏、露、帖，及齐之国氏、高氏、襄、隰氏、士氏强氏、东郭氏、雍门氏、子雅氏、子尾氏、子襄氏、子渊氏、子乾氏、公旗氏、翰公氏、贺氏、卢氏，皆姜姓也。 |
| 《太玄经·中》: | 次三，龙出于中，首尾信，可以为庸。 |
| 《风俗通义·东方朔》: | 臣朔年二十三，长九尺三寸，目若悬珠，齿若编贝，勇若孟贲，捷若庆忌，廉如鲍叔，信若尾生。 |
| 《孔丛子·广器》: | 尾，谓之舻。 |
| 《独断·卷下》: | 左纛者，以氂牛尾为之，大如斗。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 鄙人不识，谓之鹊尾冠。 |
| 《墨子·经说下》: | 牛狂与马惟异，以牛有齿、马有尾，说牛之非马也，不可。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 雄雌在前，孳尾成群，异类杂居，不相搏噬也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·泰鸿》: | 首尾易面，地理离经，夺爱令乱，上灭天文，理不可知，神明失从。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 古民童蒙，不知东西，貌不离情，言不出行，行出无容，言而不文，其衣致，神德不全于身者，不知何远之能坏，欲害之心忘乎中者，即饥虎可尾也，而况于人？ |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 圣人之道：本无首，末无尾，所以应物不穷。 |
| 《韩非子·说林下》: | 鸟有翢翢者，重首而屈尾，将欲饮于河则必颠，乃衔其羽而饮之。 |
| 《公孙龙子·通变论》: | 马有尾，羊牛无尾。 |
| 《淮南子·主术训》: | 今使乌获、藉蕃从后牵牛尾，尾绝而不从者，逆也。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·开春》: | 惠公曰：“昔王季历葬于涡山之尾，灓水啮其墓，见棺之前和。” |
| 《邓析子·无厚》: | 夫水浊则无掉尾之鱼，政苛则无逸乐之士。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 曰，虞不腊矣，在此行也，晋不更举矣，八月，甲午，晋侯围上阳问于卜偃曰，吾其济乎，对曰，克之，公曰，何时，对曰，童谣云，丙之晨，龙尾伏辰，均服振振，取虢之旗，鹑之贲贲，天策焞焞，火中成军，虢公其奔，其九月十月之交乎。 |
| 《逸周书·王会解》: | 麃麃者，若鹿，迅走，俞人虽马，青丘狐九尾，周头辉羝，辉羝者，羊也。 |
| 《国语·楚语下》: | 日月会于龙尾，土气含收，天明昌作，百嘉备舍，群神频行。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 当是时也，冶少不能游，潜行逆流百步，顺流九里，得鼋而杀之，左操骖尾，右挈鼋头，鹤跃而出。 |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 龙曳尾舍舟而去 |
| 《越绝书》: | 吴古故陆道，出胥门，奏出土山，度灌邑，奏高颈，过犹山，奏太湖，随北顾以西，度阳下溪，过历山阳、龙尾西大决，通安湖。 |
| 《战国策》: | 《易》曰：‘狐濡其尾。’ |
| 《盐铁论·力耕》: | 是以骡驴馲驼，衔尾入塞，驒騱騵马，尽为我畜，鼲貂狐貉，采旃文罽，充于内府，而璧玉珊瑚琉璃，咸为国之宝。 |
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