1. 脊
  2. 椎

脊

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Meta:

  1. 脊 is the 2223rd most frequent character.
  2. 脊 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 脊 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 脊 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
脊 => No glyph available, 月
Radical :
脊 => 人 (human), 冫 (ice), No glyph available, 月 (moon)
Graphical :
脊 => 人, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji3 - spine/back/ridge/Taiwan pr. [ji2] or [ji3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

脊梁 
脊椎 

Medium Frequency

屋脊 
山脊 
背脊 
脊柱 
脊梁骨 
脊背 
脊骨 
脊髓 

Appears In:

脊 also appears in:
瘠嵴鹡蹐鶺

椎

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Meta:

  1. 椎 is the 2450th most frequent character.
  2. 椎 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 椎 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 椎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
椎 => 木, 隹
Radical :
椎 => 木 (tree), 隹 (small bird)
Graphical :
椎 => 一, 丨, 八, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chui2 - a hammer
  2. zhui1 - spine

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 椎 (chui2): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 椎 (zhui1): The component 隹 is pronounced as 'zhui1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

颈椎 (頸椎)
颈椎病 (頸椎病)

Medium Frequency

椎间盘 (椎間盤)
脊椎 
腰椎 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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