Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

椎: chinquapin, mallet

Also: spine

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 隹 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ツイtsui · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 脊椎せきついspine; vertebral column; spinal column
  • 腰椎ようついlumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae
  • 椎間板ついかんばんintervertebral disk

Also read スイ, つち, うつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

All 124
隹

Also built on old bird (隹)

All 21

Also read ツイ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read スイ

20 kanji share this on'yomiAll 20

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
椎 chinquapin
vs集 gather
Same parts, arranged differently.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhuī

Same form: 椎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
椎 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
椎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhuī most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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