The Chinese Radical: 尸




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Meaning
buttocks in side view    尸

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

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
empress, queen, behind, rear, afterwards
hòu
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.  
HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
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?  
HSK 3
residence, to reside, live

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.  
HSK 3
floor (of a buildings), layer, stratum, story
céng
Outside: 尸 (buttock in side view), below: cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
When they are with their buttocks on different "clouds", it refers to: "floors".  
HSK 3
brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
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"] is cut and used as: a brush.  
HSK 4
office, situation, authorities, classifier for games: match

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.  
HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
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.  
HSK 4
exhibition, to spread out, open up, prolong
zhǎn
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.  
HSK 5
house, building

Outside: buttocks: 尸 (in side view), below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.)
The buttocks reaches his house.  
HSK 5
tail, remainder, remnant, extremity
wěi
Top: buttock 尸 (in side-view), bottom: hair 毛
At the back, the hair turns into: a tail.  
HSK 5
species, category, genus (taxonomy), dependents
shǔ, zhǔ
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?  
HSK 5
wall, rampart

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.  
HSK 5
eyebrow, upper margin
méi
Top: var. of butt in side view 尸, below: eye 目. Here better:
An eye framed by an eyebrow.  
HSK 5
Unit of length: Chǐ, 1/3m, a Chinese foot
chǐ
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).  
HSK 5
to become due, period, session, scheduled event
jiè
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.  
HSK 5
to avoid, to shun, to flee, to escape

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.  
HSK 5
crouch, bent, crooked, to feel wronged

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 crouches with a too short shirt.) The buttock (= the crack) comes out when stooping(=bowing).  
HSK 5
to grasp, to hold, to clench (one's fist)

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

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.  
HSK 6
shoe, footwear, to tread on

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 his shoe.  
HSK 6
reject, get rid of, keep control, hold (one's breath)
bǐng, píng
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.  
HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.  
HSK 6
dead body, corpse, carcass
shī

In the explanations this radical is used as buttocks in side view.  
殿
HSK 6
palace hall
diàn
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.  
HSK 6
monarch, to repel, avoid, dispel, refute, repudiate
bì, pì
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.  
HSK 6
admonish, to urge, to enjoin, to implore
zhǔ
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.  
HSK 6
fart, flatulence, nonsense

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

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

Left: corpse 尸 [しかばね] (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.  
no HSK
I see!, Oh!
ō
Left: mouth 口, right: building, house 屋 (His 尸 buttocks reaches 至 the house)
The mouth like a building says: I see!  
no HSK
abbr. for Luxembourg

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.  
no HSK
skull

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
no HSK
to urinate, urine
niào, suī
Left: buttock from the side 尸, below: water 水
The buttock's water is called urine.  
no HSK
Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)

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

Left woman 女, right: Buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.  
no HSK
butt, buttocks
tún
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.  
no HSK
military officer
wèi
From left: buttock seen from the side 尸, to show 示, skillful hand 寸
This buttocks shows a skillful hand: that's an officer.  
no HSK
dirt, disgrace
gòu
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.  
no HSK
excrements, feces, ear wax, nasal mucus
shǐ
Left: buttocks 尸, right: rice 米
Coming out of the buttocks after (the consumption of) rice, are the: excrements.  
no HSK
rhinoceros, sharp

Outside: buttocks 尸, below: variation of water 水, cow 牛
The buttocks is in the water of this 'cow': the rhinoceros.  
no HSK
roll over on side (in bed), roller
zhǎn
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.  
no HSK
millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
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.  
no HSK
to discard, to get rid of
bìng
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.  
no HSK
enchanting, agreeable, active, comply with
wěi
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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