Kanji

椎

椎

chinquapin, mallet, spine

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ツイ, スイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つち, うつ

Nanori (Name Reading)

しい, つち

Example sentences

頸椎 けいつい
長時間 の デスクワーク で 、 頸椎 に 負担 が かかる 。

Long hours of desk work put a strain on the cervical spine.

椎 しい
公園 の 大きな 椎 の 木 の 下 で 休んだ 。

I rested under the large Shii tree in the park.

つむ つむ
髭 の 濃い 男 が 、 椎 の 実 を つんでいる 。

A man with a thick beard is gnawing on a chinquapin nut.

脊椎 せきつい
人間 に は 24 個 の 脊椎 が あります

Humans have 24 vertebrae.

椎間板 ついかんばん
椎間板 は 背骨 の 間 の クッション の 役割 を 果たしている 。

The intervertebral disk acts as a cushion between the vertebrae.

Example Vocabulary

頸椎

けいつい

cervical vertebrae; neck bone

椎

しい

Shii tree; Castanopsis

椎茸

しいたけ

脊椎

せきつい

spine; spinal column; vertebrae

腰椎

ようつい

頚椎

けいつい

脊椎動物

せきついどうぶつ

胸椎

きょうつい

無脊椎動物

むせきついどうぶつ

椎間板

ついかんばん

intervertebral disk

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