尻
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Meaning: buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum
💡 A 'cow' sits on its 'corpse' (尸) butt — kāo rhymes with 'cow'.
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Character Story & Explanation
The character 尻 (kāo) originally depicted a person with a prominent backside, combining the radical 尸 (corpse/body) with 九 (nine, possibly indicating the coccyx). In ancient China, it was a neutral anatomical term, but in modern usage it is considered crude or vulgar, similar to 'ass' in English. It appears in medical terms like 尾尻 (coccyx) and idioms such as 尻轮神马 (riding a buttock-wheeled spirit horse, meaning carefree).
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