椎
椎 — Chinquapin
chinquapin, mallet, spine
On’yomiツイ (tsui)
On’yomiスイ (sui)
Kun’yomiつち (tsuchi)
Kun’yomiうつ (utsu)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 椎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 椎茸 | しいたけ shiitake | shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake |
| 脊椎 | せきつい sekitsui | spine; vertebral column; spinal column |
| 椎間板 | ついかんばん tsuikanban | intervertebral disk |
| 腰椎 | ようつい youtsui | lumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae |
Study notes
椎 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1911 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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