椎 — kanji meaning “chinquapin”
椎
chinquapin, mallet, spine
- Meanings
- chinquapin, mallet, spine
- On'yomi
- ツイ (tsui)、スイ (sui)
- Kun'yomi
- つち、う.つ
- Name readings
- しい
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1911 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhuī, chuí — Chinese character page
Words with 椎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脊椎 | せきつい sekitsui | spine; vertebral column; spinal column |
| 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 |
| 脊椎動物 | せきついどうぶつ sekitsuidoubutsu | vertebrate; vertebrates; vertebrata |
| 頚椎 | けいつい keitsui | cervical vertebrae |
| 胸椎 | きょうつい kyoutsui | thoracic vertebra; thoracic vertebrae |
| 椎骨 | ついこつ tsuikotsu | vertebra; vertebrae |
| 椎の木 | しいのき shiinoki | any beech tree of genus Castanopsis |
| 脊椎破壊 | せきついはかい sekitsuihakai | spina bifida |
| 二分脊椎 | にぶんせきつい nibunsekitsui | spina bifida |
| 頸椎脱臼 | けいついだっきゅう keitsuidakkyuu | cervical dislocation |
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