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RTK / HeisigFrame #268

脊

spinal column

Lv 55

Strokes: 10

JLPT: Not in JLPT

Jƍyƍ: Not Jƍyƍ

Meanings

spinal column RTKStatureHeight

Community Mnemonic

â–Č 326 votes

"Look", says the teacher in biology class. "The spinal column holds your flesh together, just like the metal rod of this umbrella (he demonstrates this with an umbrella covered in I-Ching symbols) holds the umbrella together".

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

せき

Kun'yomi

None