Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

1692 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: buttocks, hips, butt, rear

Kunyomi: しり

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: corpse

Examples

Onyomi Examples

後輪 コウリン rear wheel, cantle

コウザ crouching

Kunyomi Examples

しり buttocks, behind, rump, bottom, hips, undersurface, bottom, last place, end, consequence

しっぽ tail (animal), tail end, tip

道の後 みちのしり the part of a province furthest from the capital

びしり beautiful buttocks