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Chinese symbol for “vertebrate”

脊椎动物
jǐ zhuī dòng wù
Traditional: 脊椎動物
vertebrate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vertebrate is 脊椎动物 (jǐ zhuī dòng wù), defined as: vertebrate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

脊 jǐ
spine, backbone; ridge
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
椎 zhuī
spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脊椎动物.

WordPinyinMeaning
脊椎jǐ zhuīvertebra; backbone
脊髓jǐ suǐspinal cord; medulla spinalis
脊梁jǐ liángbackbone; spine
山脊shān jǐmountain ridge
颈椎 (頸椎)jǐng zhuīcervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
颈椎病 (頸椎病)jǐng zhuī bìngcervical spondylosis
腰椎yāo zhuīlumbar vertebra
椎骨zhuī gǔvertebra
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “vertebrate”.

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.