Japanese symbol for “vertebrate”
脊椎動物
せきついどうぶつ
Romaji: sekitsuidoubutsu
vertebrate; vertebrates; vertebrata
In Japanese, vertebrate is 脊椎動物, read せきついどうぶつ (sekitsuidoubutsu).
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Meanings
- n vertebrate; vertebrates; vertebrata (zool)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脊髄 | せきずい sekizui | spinal cord |
| 脊椎 | せきつい sekitsui | spine; vertebral column; spinal column |
| 脊柱 | せきちゅう sekichuu | spinal column; vertebral column; spine |
| 脊索 | せきさく sekisaku | notochord (rudimentary spinal cord) |
| 脊梁 | せきりょう sekiryou | mountain range; mountain backbone |
| 椎間板 | ついかんばん tsuikanban | intervertebral disk |
| 腰椎 | ようつい youtsui | lumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae |
| 椎茸 | しいたけ shiitake | shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “vertebrate”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.