kāo

end of spine

Components
尸 meaning component

  Meaning component

shī

  

sitting person

body

九 unknown component

  Unknown component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

尻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尻 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
尻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kāo

end of spine; buttocks, sacrum; coccyx; tailbone at end of spine; rear joint of meat animal