椎 — Chinese character
椎
chuí
spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
- Pinyin
- chuí
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 木 隹
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 隹
- Japanese
- 椎 as a kanji
Common words with 椎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脊椎 | jǐ zhuī | vertebra; backbone |
| 脊椎动物 (脊椎動物) | jǐ zhuī dòng wù | vertebrate |
| 颈椎 (頸椎) | jǐng zhuī | cervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals |
| 颈椎病 (頸椎病) | jǐng zhuī bìng | cervical spondylosis |
| 腰椎 | yāo zhuī | lumbar vertebra |
| 椎骨 | zhuī gǔ | vertebra |
| 脊椎骨 | jǐ zhuī gǔ | vertebra |
| 椎间盘 (椎間盤) | zhuī jiān pán | intervertebral disk |
| 胸椎 | xiōng zhuī | thoracic vertebra; the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans and most mammals |
| 腰椎间盘 (腰椎間盤) | yāo zhuī jiān pán | lumbar intervertebral disk |
| 尾椎 | wěi zhuī | coccyx; tailbone |
| 无脊椎 (無脊椎) | wú jǐ zhuī | invertebrate |
English words written with 椎
椎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.