The Chinese Radical: 尸


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Meaning
buttocks in side view    尸

Explanation This radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.

Used in these characters:
后
JLPT HSK 1
empress, queen, behind, rear, afterwards
hòu
尸 口
Top: var. of buttock seen from the side 尸, below: opening 口 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.  
呢
JLPT HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
口 尼 尸 匕
Left: Mouth 口, right: buddhist nun 尼 (buttocks from side 尸, to sit 匕)
May the mouth of a Buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?  
居
JLPT HSK 3
residence, to reside, live
jū
居 尸 古
Top: buttocks seen from the side 尸, below: old 古 (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.  
层
JLPT HSK 3
floor (of a buildings), layer, stratum, story
céng
尸 云
Outside: 尸 (buttock in side view), below: cloud, to say 云 (They can be arranged in layers 二 and form vortices/eddies 厶: clouds.)
When there are buttocks on different "clouds", it refers to: "floors".  
刷
JLPT HSK 3
brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
尸 巾 刂
Left: buttocks in side view 尸 with cloth 巾 is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife刂
At the buttocks the 'cloth' (="tail" = hair) is cut and used as: a brush.  
局
JLPT HSK 4
office, situation, authorities, classifier for games: match
jú
尸 句
Top: a buttocks in side view 尸, below: phrase/clause 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口)
When the 'buttock' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.  
尽
JLPT HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
尺 尸 二
Top: measure of length 尺 (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two 二
Two units are the greatest extent.  
展
JLPT HSK 4
exhibition, to spread out, open up, prolong
zhǎn
尸 衣
From top: buttock seen from the side 尸, grass, plant 艹, var. of clothes 衣
For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes, and this should be in an exhibition.  
民
JLPT HSK 4
the people, nationality, citizen
mín
民 氏 尸
Left: buttocks seen from the side 尸, right: a plus-sign +
Many buttocks with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people. (And a person 人 = 亻= 厂 with a “plus +” becomes a family 氏).  
屋
JLPT HSK 5
house, building
wū
尸 至
Outside: buttocks: 尸 (in side view), below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 returns back to earth 土 and arrives there.)
The buttocks reaches his house.  
尾
JLPT HSK 5
tail, remainder, remnant, extremity
wěi
尸 毛
Top: buttock 尸 (in side-view), bottom: hair 毛
The hair at the buttocks are: the tail.  
属
JLPT HSK 5
species, category, genus (taxonomy), dependents
shǔ, zhǔ
属 尸 虫
From top: buttock seen from the side 尸, accent ノ, insect 虫 with additional long legs 冂
The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?  
壁
JLPT HSK 5
wall, rampart
bì
辟 土 尸
Top: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: earth 土
Anal penetration on the earth, but behind a wall.  
眉
JLPT HSK 5
eyebrow, upper margin
méi
眉 尸 目
Top: var. of butt in side view 尸, below: eye 目. Here better:
An eye framed by an eyebrow.  
尺
JLPT HSK 5
Unit of length: Chǐ, 1/3m, a Chinese foot
chǐ
尸 尺
Top: body 口 of a person, below: legs 八
If you stretch out a leg to measure a length, you have a foot (= 1 Chǐ).  
届
JLPT HSK 5
to become due, period, session, scheduled event
jiè
尸 由
Left: buttock seen from the side 尸, right: cause/reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
This buttock is the cause of the session that became due.  
避
JLPT HSK 5
to avoid, to shun, to flee, to escape
bì
辶 辟 尸
Left: movement 辶, right: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 and a needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Movements during anal penetration should be avoided.  
屈
JLPT HSK 5
crouch, bent, crooked, to feel wronged
qū
尸 屈 出
Top: buttock from the side 尸, bottom: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
("plumber's crack or smile", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches.) The buttock (= the crack) comes out when stooping(=bowing).  
握
JLPT HSK 5
to grasp, to hold, to clench (one's fist)
wò
扌 尸 至
Left: hand 扌, right: house, building 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸, and: reach 至 [From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 returns back to earth 土 and arrives/reaches there.])
When the hand has reached the buttocks, it grasps it.  
眠
JLPT HSK 5
sleep
mián
目 民 尸 氏
Left: eye 目, right: people, nation 民 (Many buttocks 尸 with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.)
The eyes of the people are sleepy. [Is this a hint to the manipulability by the government?]  
漏
JLPT HSK 5
to leak, to divulge, to leave out by mistake, funnel
lòu
氵 尸 雨
Left: water 氵, right: buttocks from the side 尸 and rain 雨
The water on the buttocks is rain but it 'leaks' down.  
屉
JLPT HSK 5
drawer, tier, tray, steamer top
tì
尸 世
Left: buttocks 尸 (here: sliding door 戸), below: epoch, generation 世 (here: steam)
The sliding door can be seen as a drawer and with steam it becomes a steamer top.  
履
JLPT HSK 6
shoe, footwear, to tread on
lǚ
尸 彳 复
Top: buttock from the side 尸, below: to go 彳, repeat 复 (= lying or sitting in sun 日 cross-legged 夂 is to be repeated)
The buttock shall when walking repeatingly tread on with the shoe.  
屏
JLPT HSK 6
reject, get rid of, keep control, hold (one's breath)
bǐng, píng
尸 并
Left: buttocks 尸, right: combine 并 (When coming out 丷 the gate 开 of a buddh. temple you shall be united)
That the buttocks/asses unite, is to be rejected.  
泥
JLPT HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
氵 尼 尸 匕
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.  
尸
JLPT HSK 6
dead body, corpse, carcass
shī
尸

In the explanations this radical is used as buttocks in side view.  
殿
JLPT HSK 6
palace hall
diàn
尸 共 殳
Left: buttock from the side 尸, together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
Buttocks together with the armed hands are in the palace.  
辟
JLPT HSK 6
monarch, to repel, avoid, dispel, refute, repudiate
bì, pì
辛 辟 尸
Shows: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
Penetrating the buttocks with a needle is what the monarch avoids.  
嘱
JLPT HSK 6
admonish, to urge, to enjoin, to implore
zhǔ
口 属 尸
Left: mouth 口, right: species, category 属 (It has buttock 尸, an accent ノ, so this insect 虫 with additional long legs 冂 is a special species.)
(There are always the same troublemakers.) With the mouth this species shall be admonished.  
屁
JLPT HSK 6
fart, flatulence, nonsense
pì
尸 比
Left: buttocks 尸, right: compare 比 (here: the image of ass cheeks)
The buttocks leaves between the ass cheeks: A fart!  
屡
JLPT HSK 6
repeatedly, frequently, again and again
lǚ
尸 娄
Left: buttocks 尸, right: collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
The 'buttocks' shall collect: repeatedly.  
屑
JLPT HSK 6
bits, trivial, fragments, crumbs, filings, trifling
xiè
尸 肖
Left: buttocks 尸, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Like from the buttocks, the small bodies are trivial bits.  
氓
JLPT HSK 6
ruffian, gangster, rogue, hooligan, vagrant
máng, méng
亡 民 尸 氏
Left: to die 亡 (coffin in cross-section), right: people, nation 民 (Many buttocks 尸 with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.)
The death of our people came due to these ruffians.  
涮
JLPT HSK 6
to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
shuàn
氵 尸 巾 刂
Left: water 氵, right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth 巾 = hair at the buttocks 尸 is cut刂 and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.  
屠
JLPT no HSK
slaughter, slaughter man
tú
尸 者
Left: corpse 尸 (Often this radical is used in its second meaning: "buttocks", right: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日)
The corpse of the person [shows], that he was slaughtered.  
喔
JLPT no HSK
I see!, Oh!
ō
口 尸 至
Left: mouth 口, right: building, house 屋 (His 尸 buttocks reaches 至 the building)
The mouth like a building says: I see!  
卢
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Luxembourg
lú
卜 尸
Top: fork in the road 卜, bottom: buttocks in side view 尸
Like at a forking road (between the three neighboring countries) you sit with your buttocks in Luxembourg.  
颅
JLPT no HSK
skull
lú
卜 尸 頁
Left: Luxembourg 卢 (forking of the way卜, buttocks 尸), right: page, leaf, forehead 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
If there is only one hair 卜 on the head 尸, this head 頁 is a skull.  
尿
JLPT no HSK
to urinate, urine
niào, suī
尸 水
Left: buttock from the side 尸, below: water 水
The buttock's water is called urine.  
尼
JLPT no HSK
Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)
ní
尼 尸 匕
Buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.  
驴
JLPT no HSK
donkey
lǘ
馬 戶 尸
Left: horse 马/馬, right: sliding door 戸 here: back/buttons 尸 with a load 一)
The 'horse' that is loaded, is: the donkey.  
妮
JLPT no HSK
girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)
nī
女 尼 尸 匕
Left woman 女, right: Buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.  
臀
JLPT no HSK
butt, buttocks
tún
尸 共 殳 肉
Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks 尸 together 共 with the weapons in their hands 殳 are in the palace), bottom: body part 月/肉
The 'palace' among the body parts is the: buttocks.  
尉
JLPT no HSK
military officer
wèi
尉 尸 示 寸
From left: buttock seen from the side 尸, to show 示, skillful hand 寸
This buttocks shows a skillful hand: that's an officer.  
垢
JLPT no HSK
dirt, disgrace
gòu
土 口 尸
Left: earth 土, right: empress, behind 后 (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor. shows: buttocks 尸 with anus 口 for: "behind": The one following 'behind' is the empress.)
What comes to the ground from the buttocks' anus, is: dirt.  
屎
JLPT no HSK
excrements, feces, ear wax, nasal mucus
shǐ
尸 米
Left: buttocks 尸, right: rice 米
Coming out of the buttocks after (the consumption of) rice, are the: excrements.  
犀
JLPT no HSK
rhinoceros, sharp
xī
尸 水 牛
Outside: buttocks 尸, below: variation of water 水, cow 牛
The buttocks is in the water. This 'cow' is: the rhinoceros.  
辗
JLPT no HSK
roll over on side (in bed), roller
zhǎn
車 尸 共 衣
Left: vehicle 车/車, right: exhibition, to spread out 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
With a vehicle the buttocks becomes (flat) like clothes, if you: roll over.  
碾
JLPT no HSK
millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
石 尸 共 衣
Left: stone 石, right: to exhibit 展 (For the buttocks 尸 they used grass 艹 to make clothes 衣, and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.  
抿
JLPT no HSK
to smooth, purse up (lips)
mǐn
扌 尸 民 氏
Left: hand 扌, right: people, nation 民 (Many buttocks 尸 with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.)
A hand that forms (buttocks into) a people: smoothes.  
摒
JLPT no HSK
to discard, to get rid of
bìng
扌 尸 并
Left: hand 扌, right: reject 屏 (That the buttocks 尸 combine 并 is to be rejected) [并= When you are coming out 丷 of the open temple's gate 开, you shall be combined/united. 并]
When the hand is rejecting, it discards to get rid of it.  
娓
JLPT no HSK
enchanting, agreeable, active, comply with
wěi
女 尸 毛
Left: woman 女, right: tail, remainder 尾 (The hair 毛 at the buttocks 尸)
Women with (horse)tails can be enchanting.  

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