Memory phrase for the character: 脊

脊

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Meaning

stature, spine, vertebral column

Pronunciation

SEKI

Explanation

 A variation of back/stature: 背 with two persons 北 [= north] sitting back-to-back

Mnemonic
 
You are sitting 'back-to-back' with this body part: The spine.

Radicals

北 northWith regard to “backbone” 背, two people sitting back to back are shown here.
丬 bedShows a sliced tree trunk. It is used as "bed". cf. 片
肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.




 Vocabulary

脊柱 せきちゅう  spinal column

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