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椎 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ツイ・スイつい・すい · tsui · sui
Kun
つち・う.つtsuchi · u.tsu
Meaning
chinquapin; vertebra

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Wood plus a phonetic element: the chinquapin tree; also used for the stacked bones of the spine.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onツイついtsui椎間板ついかんばん脊椎せきつい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 脊椎せきつい

    the spine; vertebrae

  • 椎間板ついかんばん

    intervertebral disc

More words with this kanji

  • 椎茸しいたけ
  • 頸椎けいつい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

腰(こし)が痛(いた)むので脊椎(せきつい)の検査(けんさ)をした。

My back hurt, so I had my spine examined.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

椎間板脊椎椎間板椎板board脊spine間betwee…枕pillow柿persim…柵fence桁beam梗block…堆piled…誰who水water対facing吹blow
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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