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椎

zhuī

HSK 6 Character

What 椎 means

1. bound formvertebra

Other readings

椎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chuíhammer; mallet (variant of {槌|chuí}); variant of {捶|chuí}

Words starting with 椎

• 椎骨zhuī gǔvertebra
• 椎间盘zhuī jiān pánintervertebral disk

Words containing 椎

• 颈椎jǐng zhuīcervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
• 脊椎jǐ zhuīvertebra; backbone
• 腰椎yāo zhuīlumbar vertebra
• 颈椎病jǐng zhuī bìngcervical spondylosis
• 尾椎wěi zhuīcoccyx; tailbone
• 胸椎xiōng zhuīthoracic vertebra; the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans and most…
• 荐椎jiàn zhuī(anatomy) sacral vertebra; sacrum
• 无脊椎wú jǐ zhuīinvertebrate
• 脊椎骨jǐ zhuī gǔvertebra
• 脊椎侧弯jǐ zhuī cè wānscoliosis
• 脊椎动物jǐ zhuī dòng wùvertebrate
• 腰椎间盘yāo zhuī jiān pánlumbar intervertebral disk
• 无脊椎动物wú jǐ zhuī dòng wùinvertebrate
• 脊椎动物门jǐ zhuī dòng wù ménVertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates
• 古脊椎动物学gǔ jǐ zhuī dòng wù xuévertebrate paleontology
• 脊椎指压疗法jǐ zhuī zhǐ yā liáo fǎchiropractic therapy
• 腰椎间盘突出yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chūlumbar disc herniation
• 圆口纲脊椎动物yuán kǒu gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wùcyclostome (marine biology)
• 脊椎指压治疗师jǐ zhuī zhǐ yā zhì liáo shīchiropractor

Characters built on 隹

These share the phonetic component 隹 (zhuī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 堆duīto pile up; to heap up; a mass
• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore
• 崔cuī(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 睢suīto stare
• 骓zhuī(literary) piebald horse
• 碓duìpestle; pound with a pestle

Characters that look like 椎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 掺chānto mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read zhuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 追to chase; to pursue; to look into
• 锥cone; awl; to bore
• 骓(literary) piebald horse
• 隹short-tailed bird
• 鵻snipe; turtle-dove