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chinquapin

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingツイ、スイ

Kun readingつち、う.つ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

chinquapin
椎茸を乾燥させて保存します。We keep shiitake mushrooms dry.tatoeba
椎間板ヘルニアをわずらっています。I have a slipped disc.tatoeba
mallet
spine
sweet oakRtK

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
shitake

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 597

Compound words

椎茸しいたけ

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake

胸椎きょうつい

thoracic vertebra

頚椎けいつい

cervical vertebrae

脊椎せきつい

椎骨ついこつ

頸椎けいつい

cervical vertebrae

けい椎けいつい

cervical vertebrae

椎間板ついかんばん

intervertebral disk

脊椎動物せきついどうぶつ

脊椎側彎症せきついそくわんしょう

無脊椎動物むせきついどうぶつ

Additional Examples

「椎茸」はキノコの一種だ。

"Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.tatoeba

椎間板ヘルニアは背骨の間にある椎間板という軟骨が飛び出すものです。

Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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