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椎

chuí

spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet

🔤 Pictophonetic: 木 (wood) provides meaning, 隹 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 12 strokes Common (25%)

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tree; wood, lumber; wooden

short-tailed bird; sparrow

⿰木隹 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

zhuī

隹

short-tailed bird; sparrow

📷 Pictographic: A bird facing left; compare 鳥

8 strokes

Words Using 椎 (25)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals

cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals

vertebra / backbone

vertebra / backbone

lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)

lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)

thoracic vertebra / the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans and most mammals

thoracic vertebra / the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans and most mammals

sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)

sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)

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