Origin

This character combines two components to represent a tail. The left part, which looks like a body or form, represents the main structure, while the right part shows hair or fur sticking out. Together they create the image of hair extending from the end of something — a tail. Since a tail is typically the last or lowest part of an animal, the character also came to mean "end" more broadly, and eventually was used to count fish, animals that are most recognizable by their tails.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).