Entry
  1. Noun

    falling on one's backside; pratfall

    see 尻餅をつく

  2. mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

Also written 尻もち【しりもち】

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Characters in this word

2
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
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

がみ

Dictionary and index codes (21)
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
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mochi rice cake

Kun
もちもちい
On
ヘイヒョウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2152 of 2500
Radical
eat

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-8-6SKIP code
8b6.4The Kanji Dictionary
8874.1Four corner code
2855deroo
9905Unicode hex code
1-44-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5166Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6689New Nelson (John Haig)
2256Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2802Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1590Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2346Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
44133XMorohashi
1219Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
bing3Pinyin reading
byeongKorean reading