尾

tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #232 U+5C3E

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A furry 毛 tail behind a body 尸

components: 尸毛

tail · Heisig RSH #1422

flag + 毛 fur

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 尾 as their sound component

These characters all use 尾 (wěi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尾 sound component	wěi	tail; extremity, end; back, rear
娓	wěi	agreeable, compliant; to comply, to go along with

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有头无尾	yǒu tóu wú wěi	(idiom) to fail to finish off what one started
有头有尾	yǒu tóu yǒu wěi	where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth; to carry t…
马尾区	Mǎ wěi Qū	Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
马尾水	Mǎ wěi shuǐ	Mawei river through Fuzhou city
尾子	wěi zi	tail; end; small change; odd sum remaining after large round number
红头长尾山雀	hóng tóu cháng wěi shān què	(bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus)
尾水	wěi shuǐ	tailwater; outflow (from mill or power plant)
尾生	Wěi Shēng	Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned…
马尾	Mǎ wěi	see 馬尾區\|马尾区[Ma3 wei3 Qu1]
马尾	mǎ wěi	ponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various p…
机尾	jī wěi	the rear (tail) of a plane etc
尾气	wěi qì	exhaust; emissions
发尾	fà wěi	hair ends
长尾	cháng wěi	long tail
尾数	wěi shù	remainder (after rounding a number); decimal part (of number after the decimal point); man…
北长尾山雀	běi cháng wěi shān què	(bird species of China) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
语尾	yǔ wěi	(grammar) suffix
眼尾	yǎn wěi	outer corner of the eye
尾巴	wěi ba	tail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
尾流	wěi liú	wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc); slipstream