The Radical: 尸


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Meaning
buttocks in side view    尸

Explanation This radical has the meaning: corpse . But because of its use in tail or urine 尿 or flatulence , it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
empress, queen, behind, rear, afterwards
hòu
Top: var. of buttock seen from the side , below: opening as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.)
The one following 'behind' is the empress.
JLPT HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
Left: Mouth , right: buddhist nun (buttocks from side , to sit )
May the mouth of a buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?
JLPT HSK 3
residence, to reside, live

Top: buttocks seen from the side , below: old (originally derived from the image of a skull, hence "old"; the idea of a burial mound is also helpful)
Where the buttocks becomes old, he has his residence.
JLPT HSK 3
floor (of a buildings), layer, stratum, storey
céng
Outside: (buttock in side view), below: cloud, to say (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds)
When they are with their buttocks on different "clouds", it refers to: "floors".
JLPT HSK 3
brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
Left: bottocks in side view with cloth is here understood as tail [to be correct: means tail], right: knife
At the bottocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush.
JLPT HSK 4
office, situation, authorities, classifier for games: match

Top: a buttocks in side view , below: phrase/clause (= sth. wrapped out of the mouth )
When the 'buttock' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.
JLPT HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
Top: measure of length (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two
Two units are the greatest extent.
JLPT HSK 4
exhibition, to spread out, open up, prolong
zhǎn
From top: buttock seen from the side , grass, plant , var. of clothes
For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes, and this should be in an exhibition.
JLPT HSK 5
house, building

Outside: buttocks: (in side view), below: reach-a-target (From the sky an arrow comes to the earth : reaching it.)
The buttocks reaches his house.
JLPT HSK 5
tail, remainder, remnant, extremity
wěi
Top: buttock (in side-view), bottom: hair
At the back, the hair turns into: a tail.
JLPT HSK 5
species, category, genus (taxonomy), dependents
shǔ, zhǔ
From top: buttock seen from the side , accent , insect with additional long legs
The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?
JLPT HSK 5
wall, rampart

Top: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , Anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: earth
Anal penetration on the earth, but behind a wall.
JLPT HSK 5
eyebrow, upper margin
méi
Top: var. of butt in side view , below: eye . Here better:
An eye framed by an eyebrow.
JLPT HSK 5
Längenmaß Chǐ, 1/3m, a Chinese foot
chǐ
Top: body of a person, below: legs
If you stretch out a leg to measure a length, you have a foot (= 1 Chǐ).
JLPT HSK 5
to become due, period, session, scheduled event
jiè
Left: buttock seen from the side , right: cause/reason (The seedling/sprout in the field has its reason.)
This buttock is the cause of the session that became due.
JLPT HSK 5
to avoid, to shun, to flee, to escape

Left: movement , right: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus and a needle as symbol for penetration or torture)
Movements during anal penetration should be avoided.
JLPT HSK 5
crouch, bent, crooked, to feel wronged

Top: buttock from the side , bottom: come/go out (Two mountains coming out one after the other)
("plumber's crack or smile", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy crouches with a too short shirt.) The buttock (= the crack) comes out when stooping(=bowing).
JLPT HSK 5
to grasp, to hold, to clench (one's fist)

Left: hand , right: house, building (buttock seen from the side , and: reach [falling arrow reaching the ground ])
When the hand has reached the buttocks, it grasps it.
JLPT HSK 5
to leak, to divulge, to leave out by mistake, funnel
lòu
Left: water , right: buttocks from the side and rain
The water on the buttocks is rain but it 'leaks' down.
JLPT HSK 5
drawer, tier, tray, steamer top

Left: buttocks (here: sliding door 戸), below: epoch, generation (here: steam)
The sliding door can be seen as a drawer and with steam it becomes a steamer top.
JLPT HSK 6
shoe, footwear, to tread on

Top: buttock from the side , below: to go , repeat (= lying or sitting in sun cross-legged is to be repeated)
The buttock shall when walking repeatingly tread on with his shoe.
JLPT HSK 6
reject, get rid of, keep control, hold (one's breath)
bǐng, píng
Left: buttocks , right: combine (When coming out the gate of a buddh. temple you shall be united)
That the buttocks/asses unite, is to be rejected.
JLPT HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
Left: water , right: nun (buttock from the side , sitting person )
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.
JLPT HSK 6
dead body, corpse, carcass
shī

In the explanations this radical is used as buttocks in side view.
殿
JLPT HSK 6
palace hall
diàn
Left: buttock from the side , together (Put the plants on the table together.), right: (battle axe in a hand )
Buttocks together with the armed hands are in the palace.
JLPT HSK 6
monarch, to repel, avoid, dispel, refute, repudiate
bì, pì
Shows: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture)
Penetrating the buttocks with a needle is what the monarch avoids.
JLPT HSK 6
admonish, to urge, to enjoin, to implore
zhǔ
Left: mouth , right: species, category (It has buttock , an accent , so this insect with additional long legs is a special species.)
(There are always the same troublemakers.) With the mouth this species shall be admonished.
JLPT HSK 6
fart, flatulence, nonsense

Left: buttocks , right: compare (here: the image of ass cheeks)
The buttocks leaves between the ass cheeks: A fart!
JLPT HSK 6
repeatedly, frequently, again and again

Left: buttocks , right: collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
The 'buttocks' shall collect: repeatedly.
JLPT HSK 6
bits, trivial, fragments, crumbs, filings, trifling
xiè
Left: buttocks , right: alike/resemble (Small bodies are alike.)
Like from the buttocks, the small bodies are trivial bits.
JLPT HSK 6
to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
shuàn
Left: water , right: brush (The "tail" [= cloth at the buttocks ] is cut and used as a brush) [cf. tail ]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.
JLPT no HSK
slaughter, slaughter man

Left: corpse [しかばね] (Often this radical is used in its second meaning: "buttocks", right: person (old man on the sun )
The corpse of the person [shows], that he was slaughtered.
JLPT no HSK
I see!, Oh!
ō
Left: mouth , right: building, house (His buttocks reaches the house)
The mouth like a building says: I see!
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Luxembourg

Top: fork in the road , bottom: buttocks in side view
Like at a forking road (between the three neighboring countries) you sit with your buttocks in Luxembourg.
JLPT no HSK
skull

Left: Luxembourg (forking of the way, buttocks ), right: page, leaf, forehead / (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
If there is only one hair on the head , this head is a skull.
尿
JLPT no HSK
to urinate, urine
niào, suī
Left: buttock from the side , below: water
The buttock's water is called urine.
JLPT no HSK
Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)

Buttock from the side , sitting person
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.
JLPT no HSK
girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)

Left woman , right: buddist nun (buttock from the side , sitting person )
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.
JLPT no HSK
butt, buttocks
tún
Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks together with the weapons in their hands are in the palace), bottom: body part /
The 'palace' amoung the body parts is the: buttocks.
JLPT no HSK
military officer
wèi
From left: buttock seen from the side , to show , skillful hand
This buttocks shows a skillful hand: that's an officer.
JLPT no HSK
dirt, disgrace
gòu
Left: earth , right: empress, behind (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor. shows: buttocks with anus for: "behind": The one following 'behind' is the empress.)
What comes to the ground from the buttocks' anus, is: dirt.
JLPT no HSK
excrements, feces, ear wax, nasal mucus
shǐ
Left: buttocks , right: rice
Coming out of the buttocks after (the consumption of) rice, are the: excrements.
JLPT no HSK
rhinoceros, sharp

Outside: buttocks , below: vari of water , cow
The buttocks is in the water of this 'cow': the rhinoceros.
JLPT no HSK
roll over on side (in bed), roller
zhǎn
Left: vehicle /車, right: exhibition, to spread out (For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes , and this should be in an exhibition)
With a vehicle the buttocks becomes (flat) like clothes, if you: roll over.
JLPT no HSK
millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
Left: stone , right: to exhibit (For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes , and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.
JLPT no HSK
to discard, to get rid of
bìng
Left: hand , right: reject (That the buttocks combine is to be rejected) [= When you are coming out of the open temple's gate , you shall be combined/united. ]
When the hand is rejecting, it discards to get rid of it.
JLPT no HSK
enchanting, agreeable, active, comply with
wěi
Left: woman , right: tail, remainder (The hair at the buttocks )
Women with (horse)tails can be enchanting.

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