脊 — Chinese character
脊
jí
spine, backbone; ridge
- Pinyin
- jí
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 人
- Formation
- ideographic — A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼
- Japanese
- 脊 as a kanji
Common words with 脊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脊椎 | jǐ zhuī | vertebra; backbone |
| 脊髓 | jǐ suǐ | spinal cord; medulla spinalis |
| 脊椎动物 (脊椎動物) | jǐ zhuī dòng wù | vertebrate |
| 脊梁 | jǐ liáng | backbone; spine |
| 脊梁 | jǐ liang | (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate) |
| 山脊 | shān jǐ | mountain ridge |
| 脊柱 | jǐ zhù | spinal column; columna vertebralis |
| 脊背 | jǐ bèi | back (of a human or other vertebrate) |
| 屋脊 | wū jǐ | roof ridge |
| 背脊 | bèi jǐ | the back of the human body |
| 脊骨 | jǐ gǔ | backbone |
| 脊椎骨 | jǐ zhuī gǔ | vertebra |
English words written with 脊
脊 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 8
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi On Swords
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.