- 尾 — tail
- 尾行 — tailing; following someone
- 尾根 — ridge; mountain ridge
- 尾灯 — tail light
- 交尾 — mating; copulation
- 語尾 — word ending; sentence ending
- 首尾 — beginning and end; course of events
- 船尾 — stern of a ship; aft
- 末尾 — end; final part; ending
- 尾を引く — to leave lingering effects; to drag on
With the radical 尸 suggesting a body on top and 毛 (fur) below, 尾 paints the image of hair or flesh trailing behind the main body — a tail, and by extension the “after-part” or end of something.