耗子尾巴

耗子尾巴 in English

hào zǐ wěi bā: (idiom) A rat’s tail contains almost no flesh. Figuratively, it refers to a negligible benefit or something hardly worth considering.

Character breakdown

耗 hào to waste
子 zǐ son
尾 wěi tail
巴 bā to long for

Stroke order

Le caractère 子 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 子

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 尾 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 尾

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 巴 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 巴

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

子

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 西晉
See all 32 forms

尾

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 12 forms

巴

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 7 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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