截尾

to dock / to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)

to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)

Characters and words in 截尾

jié = ji + e2

to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length

截 = 𢦏 + 隹 : The sparrow (隹) accidentally cut off (截) part of his wing. Joan of Arc (ji) helps him by sewing (𢦏) his wing back on in the elevator's kitchen (e2).

wěi = w + ei3

tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

尾 = 尸 + 毛 : Willy Walrus (w) knows that there is a ghost (尸) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3), but he cannot see it, so he set up a trap: he put a lot of sticky hair (毛) everywhere, and eventually the hair stuck to the ghost's tail (尾). Now that Willy Walrus can see where the ghost is he is able to drive it out.

yǐ = y + Ø3

horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Words with 截尾

截尾 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 截尾

截尾 currently does not appear in any sentence.