尻 means “buttocks, rear”

しり · shiri

Also: hips, butt

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 5 strokes

The story

A body (尸) with 九 tucked under it: the part you sit on. 尻 is the bottom, お尻 the polite way to say it, 尻尾 is a tail, and 尻込み is hanging back when you should step up.

Used in お尻 (oshiri, bottom), 尻尾 (shippo, tail), and 尻込み (shirigomi, flinching/hesitation)

More from Head to Toe

• 掌 palm
• 脇 armpit
• 舌 tongue
• 胴 torso
• 拳 fist
• 唇 lips
• 爪 nail
• 瞳 pupil (of the eye)
• 眉 eyebrow
• 股 crotch
• 肢 limb
• 膝 knee

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.