Kanji

脊

脊

stature, height

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

肉部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

セキ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

せ, せい

Example sentences

脊髄 せきずい
脊髄 は 中枢神経系 の 一部 です 。

The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system.

中枢神経系 ちゅうすうしんけいけい
脳 と 脊髄 は 、 人間 の 体 における 中枢神経系 を 構成 している 。

The brain and spinal cord constitute the central nervous system in the human body.

脊椎 せきつい
人間 に は 24 個 の 脊椎 が あります

Humans have 24 vertebrae.

Example Vocabulary

脊髄

せきずい

spinal cord

脊髄反射

せきずいはんしゃ

脊椎

せきつい

spine; spinal column; vertebrae

脊柱

せきちゅう

脊椎動物

せきついどうぶつ

脊

せ

無脊椎動物

むせきついどうぶつ

脊髄小脳変性症

せきずいしょうのうへんせいしょう

脳脊髄液

のうせきずいえき

脊髄神経

せきずいしんけい

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