椎骨

Chinese

spine; a hammer bone
trad. (椎骨)
simp. #(椎骨)

Pronunciation


Noun

椎骨

  1. vertebra

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つい
Grade: S
こつ
Grade: 6
kan’on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いこつ [tsúꜜìkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝiko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(つい)(こつ) • (tsuikotsu) 

  1. a vertebra (any of the small bones which make up the backbone)
    Synonym: 脊椎 (sekitsui)
    Hyponyms: 頸椎 (keitsui), 胸椎 (kyōtsui), 腰椎 (yōtsui), 仙椎 (sentsui), 尾椎 (bitsui)
    Holonym: 脊柱 (sekichū)
    Meronym: 横突起 (ōtokki)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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