Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

875 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

Kunyomi:

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: corpse

Examples

Onyomi Examples

Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

ビコウ shadow, tail, following

最後 サイコウビ end (e.g. of a line), tail end, rear, backmost part

コウビ copulation (among animals), mating, treading, covering, serving

Kunyomi Examples

tail (of an animal), tail (of a kite, etc.), tail end, tail (of a comet), slope at the foot of a mountain

おね (mountain) ridge

ガスの ガスのお gas tail (of a comet)

虎の とらのお tiger's tail, gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides), Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)