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尾
wěi
1. tail
2. remainder
3. remnant
4. extremity
5. sixth of the 28 constellations
6. classifier for fish
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

尾
wěi
tail; extremity, end; back, rear
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

长尾
chángwěi
the long tail
马尾
mǎwěi
ponytail (hairstyle)
田尾
Tiánwěi
Tienwei township in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
追尾
zhuīwěi
to tailgate
阑尾
lánwěi
appendix
马尾
Mǎwěi
Mawei district of Fuzhou city [[福州市<Fúzhōushì>]], Fujian
煞尾
shāwěi
to finish off
甩尾
shuǎiwěi
drift (cornering technique in car racing, lit. to throw the tail)
船尾
chuánwěi
back end of a ship
语尾
yǔwěi
word ending
扫尾
sǎowěi
to complete the last stage of work
闾尾
lǘwěi
coccyx
队尾
duìwěi
back of the line
首尾
shǒuwěi
head and tail
字尾
zìwěi
suffix
截尾
jiéwěi
to dock
片尾
piànwěi
end credits (of a movie etc)
收尾
shōuwěi
to wind up
末尾
mòwěi
end
结尾
jiéwěi
ending

Alternate Entries

尾
yǐ
horse's tail / pointed posterior chapter of a locust etc

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,281
Word Frequency Rank
2,055 of 84,292

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