FEEDBACK

Meaning of 脊

Use your mouse
to draw a Chinese
character here
Pinyin:
English Definition: spine; back; ridge; Taiwan pr. [ji2] or [ji3]
Chinese Definition:
①人和动物背上中间的骨头:脊椎。脊髓。脊柱。脊梁。脊背。脊椎动物。
②中间高起的部分:山脊。屋脊。书脊。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Ideographic: A vertebra protruding from the flesh
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • Overlaid
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
Similar Characters:
Step by Step Stroke Sequence: Download Customize Pin it
Stroke order image for Chinese character 脊
Example Words
脊背 bèi back (of a human or other vertebrate)
脊椎动物 zhuī dòng vertebrate
脊髓 suǐ spinal cord; medulla spinalis
屋脊 roof ridge
脊柱 zhù spinal column; columna vertebralis
More: 脊* | *脊 | *脊*
Example Sentences
1
Boats have long had spines and ribs like an animal's ribcage.
2
The towering ridge of a sand dune in the Arabian Desert points to the afternoon sun.
3
Scientists said they were surprised to see how different the animals were on either side of the ridge.
4
However, because Ascension occupies a "hot spot" on the ridge, its volcano is especially active.
5
西
Russia, which also has a deep-sea submersible, applied to explore a Mid-Atlantic Ridge site.