JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 2
椎

Meaning

Kanji 椎

chinquapin

chinquapin, mallet, spine

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つちう.つ
Onyomi 音読み
ツイスイ
Nanori 名乗り
しい

Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1911
Strokes
12
Radical
木
Components
木 • 隹
Kanji Kentei
Level 2
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Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 41 entries that include this kanji.

椎間板

ついかんばん

intervertebral disk

槌

つち

hammer

椎茸

しいたけ

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

対麻痺

ついまひ

paraplegia

椎

しい

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis

椎の灯火茸

しいのともしびたけ

Mycena lux-coeli (bioluminescent species of mushroom)

椎の木

しいのき

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis

椎間孔狭窄

ついかんこうきょうさく

vertebral canal stenosis

椎骨

ついこつ

vertebra

椎骨動脈

ついこつどうみゃく

vertebral artery

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

医者は首の椎に異常がないか調べた。

The doctor checked whether there was anything abnormal in the vertebrae in his neck.

腰の椎を痛めて、しばらく重い物を持てない。

I injured the vertebrae in my lower back, so I can't lift heavy things for a while.

椎間板の痛みで長く座っていられない。

Because of disc pain, I can't sit for long.

胸椎の数を授業で覚えた。

I learned the number of thoracic vertebrae in class.

庭の椎は一年中葉が青い。

The shii tree in the yard stays green all year round.