Chinese

Noun

尾閭

1. lower reaches (of a river)
2. (Chinese medicine) the "tail gate", coccygeal and sacral areas
3. (Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From 莊子.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) び​りょ [bíꜜryò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [birjo̞]

Noun

尾閭 ‎(hiragana びりょ, romaji biryo)

1. (Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

• 尾閭骨 (びりょこつ) ‎(biryokotsu, “coccyx, tailbone”)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9