脊
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(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
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How 脊 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼
How to remember it
backbone · Heisig RSH #2719
人 person + sparkler + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 脊 as their sound component
These characters all use 脊 (jǐ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脊 sound component | jǐ | spine, backbone; ridge |
| 鹡 | jí | wagtail |
| 瘠 | jí | thin, emaciated; barren |
Words containing 脊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大西洋洋中脊 | Dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐ | Atlantic mid-ocean ridge |
| 大西洋中脊 | Dà xī yáng zhōng jǐ | Atlantic mid-ocean ridge |
| 脊索动物门 | jǐ suǒ dòng wù mén | Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates |
| 脊骨神经医学 | jǐ gǔ shén jīng yī xué | chiropractic |
| 大洋中脊 | dà yáng zhōng jǐ | mid-ocean ridge (geology) |
| 脊索动物 | jǐ suǒ dòng wù | chordata |
| 罗摩诺索夫山脊 | Luó mó nuò suǒ fū shān jǐ | Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean) |
| 中洋脊 | zhōng yáng jǐ | mid-ocean ridge (geology) |
| 洋中脊 | yáng zhōng jǐ | mid-ocean ridge (geology) |
| 牛脊肉 | niú jǐ ròu | sirloin (beef joint) |
| 古脊椎动物学 | gǔ jǐ zhuī dòng wù xué | vertebrate paleontology |
| 强直性脊柱炎 | qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán | ankylosing spondylitis; Bechterew’s disease |
| 山脊 | shān jǐ | mountain ridge |
| 中脊 | zhōng jǐ | mid-ocean ridge (geology) |
| 里脊 | lǐ ji | (tender)loin (of pork, beef etc) |
| 脊线 | jǐ xiàn | ridge line |
| 书脊 | shū jǐ | spine of a book |
| 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 |
| 整脊学 | zhěng jǐ xué | chiropractic |