椎
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(bound form) vertebra
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 椎
- Common rank
- #2,337
- Unicode
- U+690E
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 椎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古脊椎动物学 | vertebrate paleontology | |
| 无脊椎动物 | invertebrate | |
| 脊椎动物门 | Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates | |
| 腰椎间盘突出 | lumbar disc herniation | |
| 圆口纲脊椎动物 | cyclostome (marine biology) | |
| 脊椎指压治疗师 | chiropractor | |
| 腰椎间盘 | lumbar intervertebral disk | |
| 脊椎指压疗法 | chiropractic therapy | |
| 脊椎动物 | vertebrate | |
| 椎间盘 | intervertebral disk | |
| 颈椎病 | cervical spondylosis | |
| 无脊椎 | invertebrate | |
| 尾椎 | coccyx; tailbone | |
| 椎骨 | vertebra | |
| 脊椎骨 | vertebra | |
| 胸椎 | thoracic vertebra; the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans and most mam… | |
| 腰椎 | lumbar vertebra | |
| 脊椎侧弯 | scoliosis | |
| 颈椎 | cervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals | |
| 脊椎 | vertebra; backbone |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 隹 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隹 sound part | short-tailed bird; sparrow | |
| 维 | to preserve, to maintain, to hold together | |
| 推 | to push; to expel; to drive; to decline | |
| 准 | standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow | |
| 堆 | crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks | |
| 锥 | gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore | |
| 淮 | a river in Anhui province | |
| 稚 | young, immature; childhood | |
| 谁 | who? whom? whose? anyone? | |
| 濯 | to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out | |
| 睢 | to gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited | |
| 帷 | curtain, screen, tent | |
| 擢 | to pull up, to raise; to select | |
| 槜 | white plum | |
| 骓 | piebald horse | |
| 碓 | pestle | |
| 萑 | grass, hay, straw |