Ideographic: A person 又 standing 立 as straight as a knife 刂Radical:

meaning for shù:

  • - to erect
  • - vertical
  • - vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)to erect
  • - to set upright
  • - to standin disorder
  • - at sixes and sevens (idiom)vertical
  • - to erect
  • - to set upright
  • - vertical stroke in Chinese characters
  • - young servant (old)harpto lie down all over the place
  • - exhausted and in disarray

zhè
zhǐ
māo
yǐba尾巴
shù
qilai起来
le

The cat has its tail up.