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(bound form) vertebra

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,337 U+690E

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 隹 (phonetic, zhuī)

components: 木隹

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 隹

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 隹 (zhuī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
隹 sound component	zhuī	short-tailed bird; sparrow
维	wéi	to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
推	tuī	to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
准	zhǔn	standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
堆	duī	crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks
锥	zhuī	gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore
淮	huái	a river in Anhui province
稚	zhì	young, immature; childhood
谁	shéi	who? whom? whose? anyone?
濯	zhuó	to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out
睢	suī	to gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited
帷	wéi	curtain, screen, tent
擢	zhuó	to pull up, to raise; to select
槜	zuì	white plum
骓	zhuī	piebald horse
碓	duì	pestle
萑	huán	grass, hay, straw

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
古脊椎动物学	gǔ jǐ zhuī dòng wù xué	vertebrate paleontology
无脊椎动物	wú jǐ zhuī dòng wù	invertebrate
脊椎动物门	jǐ zhuī dòng wù mén	Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates
腰椎间盘突出	yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū	lumbar disc herniation
圆口纲脊椎动物	yuán kǒu gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wù	cyclostome (marine biology)
脊椎指压治疗师	jǐ zhuī zhǐ yā zhì liáo shī	chiropractor
腰椎间盘	yāo zhuī jiān pán	lumbar intervertebral disk
脊椎指压疗法	jǐ zhuī zhǐ yā liáo fǎ	chiropractic therapy
脊椎动物	jǐ zhuī dòng wù	vertebrate
椎间盘	zhuī jiān pán	intervertebral disk
颈椎病	jǐng zhuī bìng	cervical spondylosis
无脊椎	wú jǐ zhuī	invertebrate
尾椎	wěi zhuī	coccyx; tailbone
椎骨	zhuī gǔ	vertebra
脊椎骨	jǐ zhuī gǔ	vertebra
胸椎	xiōng zhuī	thoracic vertebra; the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans and most mam…
腰椎	yāo zhuī	lumbar vertebra
脊椎侧弯	jǐ zhuī cè wān	scoliosis
颈椎	jǐng zhuī	cervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
脊椎	jǐ zhuī	vertebra; backbone