髓 — Chinese character
髓
suǐ
substance, essence; bone marrow
- Pinyin
- suǐ
- Radical
- 188 ⾻ (Bone)
- Strokes
- 21
- Components
- 骨
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bone; meaning component 骨; sound component 遀
- Japanese
- 髓 as a kanji
Common words with 髓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精髓 | jīng suǐ | marrow; pith; quintessence; essence |
| 骨髓 | gǔ suǐ | bone marrow |
| 脊髓 | jǐ suǐ | spinal cord; medulla spinalis |
| 骨髓移植 | gǔ suǐ yí zhí | (medicine) bone marrow transplant |
| 脑髓 (腦髓) | nǎo suǐ | brain tissue; gray matter |
| 延髓 | yán suǐ | (anatomy) medulla oblongata |
| 牙髓 | yá suǐ | tooth pulp |
| 脊髓炎 | jǐ suǐ yán | myelitis; inflammation of spinal cord |
| 髓鞘 | suǐ qiào | myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell) |
| 真髓 | zhēn suǐ | essence |
| 玉髓 | yù suǐ | (mineralogy) chalcedony; exquisite wine |
| 神髓 | shén suǐ | lit. spirit and marrow; the essential character |
English words written with 髓
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