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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- (bound form) spine; backbone
- (bound form) ridge

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 14,054 15,976 22,093

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱⿻

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
脊椎 - - 9,626 23,875 16,253
山脊 - - 12,357 46,330 52,422
- - 14,054 15,976 22,093
脊柱 - - 14,090 15,622 20,182
脊髓 - - 14,831 13,475 48,077
脊骨 - - 26,149 - -
脊背 - - 27,069 40,958 35,850
脊梁 - 9 28,715 28,456 18,290
脊椎骨 - - 29,437 69,130 56,780
背脊 - - 33,949 40,771 32,979
里脊 - - 35,793 45,242 19,473
脊梁骨 - - 36,412 72,369 52,706
脊椎动物 - - 39,479 58,788 68,746
屋脊 - - 48,640 36,923 43,485
书脊 - - 48,882 - 77,519
脊髓炎 - - 64,346 76,652 -
脊索动物 - - 84,923 - -