zhuī

(bound form) vertebra

wood (木) + sound (隹) = vertebra, the wooden stack of the spine

木 grounds the character in wood, evoking the hard, stacked segments of a spine. 隹 primarily lends the zhui sound family and does not carry a vertebra meaning.

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Short-tailed birdPhonetic

他的腰受伤了,医生让他多休息。

tā de yāo zhuī shòu shāng le,yī shēng ràng tā duō xiū xi。

His lumbar vertebra was injured, so the doctor told him to rest more.

长期低头看手机会让颈出问题。

cháng qī dī tóu kàn shǒu jī huì ràng jǐng zhuī chū wèn tí。

Looking down at your phone for a long time can cause problems with the cervical vertebrae.

Words with 椎

颈椎

jǐng zhuī

cervical vertebra

颈椎病

jǐng zhuī bìng

cervical spondylosis

古脊椎动物学

gǔ jǐ zhuī dòng wù xué

vertebrate paleontology

圆口纲脊椎动物

yuán kǒu gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wù

cyclostome (marine biology)

尾椎

wěi zhuī

coccyx

椎间盘

zhuī jiān pán

intervertebral disk

椎骨

zhuī gǔ

vertebra

无脊椎

wú jǐ zhuī

invertebrate

无脊椎动物

wú jǐ zhuī dòng wù

invertebrate

胸椎

xiōng zhuī

thoracic vertebra

脊椎

jǐ zhuī

vertebra

脊椎侧弯

jǐ zhuī cè wān

scoliosis

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