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 <WL>尾 [wěi] 尾巴 wěiba tail; 末尾 end, 首尾 beginning & end; 船尾 stern; 交尾 mate (of animals)@@; (HDZ:) …  [yǐ] 后尾
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 尾(􁜵) wěi ‘tail’ combines 尸(􁜗𡰣) shī ‘body/seat’ and 毛(􁜏) máo ‘hair’ (inverted).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 尾(􁜵) wěi ‘tail’ combines 尸(􁜗𡰣) shī ‘body/seat’, and 毛(􁜏) máo ‘hair’ (inverted).
-	Note: 尸 is the posterior, and the inverted component 毛 depicts the tail; in the modern form the component 毛 is not inverted.
+	Note: 尸 is the seat/bottom/posterior, and the inverted component 毛 depicts the tail (invert sth. to see its bottom); in the modern form the component 毛 is not inverted.
 	Compare: 屎 shǐ ‘feces’, 尿(􁜸㞙) niào ‘urine’ (both with 尸 ‘seat/buttocks’).
+	Compare: 居(􁜙􂠃凥) jū ‘crouch/squat; sit’, later wr. 踞 (jù); 居 jū ‘live/reside’.
 	Compare: 微(􀔦𢕧) wéi/wēi ‘hidden/secret (deeds/inspection); small’.
 	HDZ: 尾 : wěi : 尾巴 (鸟兽虫鱼等脊椎动物躯干末端突出的部分, 通常指肛门以后的部分); (通称) 身体后端的器官 (尾羽, 尾鳍, 尾鳃, 尾柄, 尾扇); 鸟兽虫鱼交配; 末端, 末尾 (年尾, 船尾, 尾声); 主要的部分以外的部分, 没有了解的事情 (尾数, 扫尾); 在后跟随 (尾后, 尾随); 水流的下游; 边际, 边界; (星宿名) 尾宿 (氐房心尾); (量词) 头, 条; 媺 (měi): 好貌; (姓) • yǐ : (口语) (尾巴, 尾儿, …)