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  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted

    Proverb

Also written 屁をひって尻つぼめ【へをひってしりつぼめ】屁をひって尻すぼめ【へをひってしりすぼめ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fart, passing gas

Kun
On
Strokes
7
Radical
corpse

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
3-3-4SKIP code
3r4.3The Kanji Dictionary
7721.2Four corner code
5c41Unicode hex code
1-53-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1381Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1409New Nelson (John Haig)
2218Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2329Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7654Morohashi
pi4Pinyin reading
biKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

buttocks, hips, butt, rear

Kun
しり
On
コウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1692 of 2500
Radical
corpse

Built from

Used in names as

がみ

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
3-3-2SKIP code
3r2.1The Kanji Dictionary
7721.7Four corner code
3757deroo
5c3bUnicode hex code
1-31-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1379Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1407New Nelson (John Haig)
3032New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3766Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2610Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2220Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1134Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1704A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
176Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1884Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7634Morohashi
2029Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
kao1Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

narrow, fold, furl, shrug, pucker, shut, close

Kun
すぼ.めるつぼ.めるせま.い
On
サク
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
cave

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-3-7SKIP code
3m7.11The Kanji Dictionary
3021.1Four corner code
7a84Unicode hex code
1-26-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3322Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4197New Nelson (John Haig)
2830Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1966Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2614Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2660Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25455Morohashi
zhai3, ze2Pinyin reading
chagKorean reading