脊
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(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 肉 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 脊
- Common rank
- #1,386
- Unicode
- U+810A
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 脊 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼
How to remember it
backbone · Heisig RSH #2719
人 person + sparkler + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 脊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大西洋洋中脊 | Atlantic mid-ocean ridge | |
| 大西洋中脊 | Atlantic mid-ocean ridge | |
| 脊索动物门 | Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates | |
| 脊骨神经医学 | chiropractic | |
| 大洋中脊 | mid-ocean ridge (geology) | |
| 脊索动物 | chordata | |
| 罗摩诺索夫山脊 | Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean) | |
| 中洋脊 | mid-ocean ridge (geology) | |
| 洋中脊 | mid-ocean ridge (geology) | |
| 牛脊肉 | sirloin (beef joint) | |
| 古脊椎动物学 | vertebrate paleontology | |
| 强直性脊柱炎 | ankylosing spondylitis; Bechterew’s disease | |
| 山脊 | mountain ridge | |
| 中脊 | mid-ocean ridge (geology) | |
| 里脊 | (tender)loin (of pork, beef etc) | |
| 脊线 | ridge line | |
| 书脊 | spine of a book | |
| 无脊椎动物 | invertebrate | |
| 脊椎动物门 | Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates | |
| 整脊学 | chiropractic |
Sound family
These characters use 脊 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脊 sound part | spine, backbone; ridge | |
| 鹡 | wagtail | |
| 瘠 | thin, emaciated; barren |