The kanji 脊: meaning, readings and stroke order

脊

Meaning: backbone, spine
On reading: セキ seki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xương sống, sống lưng (tích)
Japanese: せぼね。せなか。
Korean: 등뼈, 등 (척)
Chinese: 脊梁、脊椎

Readings, words and example sentences

セキ seki · on reading · less common

脊せき椎つい
spine, backbone
脊せき椎つい動物を分類します。
We classify vertebrates.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.