Chinese symbol for “vertebra”
脊椎
jǐ zhuī
vertebra; backbone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vertebra is 脊椎 (jǐ zhuī), defined as: vertebra; backbone.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vertebra”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脊椎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 山脊 | shān jǐ | mountain ridge |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vertebra”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.