尾花 (wěihuā): tail-piece illustration (small…

Meanings

1 tail-piece illustration (small decorative drawing at the end of an article)
2 (rare) brightly colored tail feathers
3 Obana (Japanese surname 尾花)

Characters

尾

Examples

杂志每篇文章末尾都配有一个小尾花。

Zázhì měi piān wénzhāng mòwěi dōu pèi yǒu yí ge xiǎo wěihuā.

Every article in the magazine ends with a small tail-piece illustration.

尾花健太郎是日本职业棒球选手。

Wěihuā Jiàntàiláng shì Rìběn zhíyè bàngqiú xuǎnshǒu.

Obana Kentaro is a Japanese professional baseball player.

Tips

usage

Two senses to be aware of: (1) a tail-piece — the small ornamental drawing or vignette traditionally placed in the blank space at the end of an article in books and magazines; (2) when capitalized in context, it transliterates the Japanese surname Obana (尾花), read 'Wěihuā' in Chinese.