Keyword
part of the spine
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig597
Readings
しい
(58%)
つい
(41%)
Composed of
tree
old bird
Mnemonic

See that old bird sitting next to that tree? Do NOT go near him. He's vicious. If you let him he'll absolute rip out a part of your spine with his beak.

Do not confuse with which is usually used to describe the whole spine, while this kanji is usually used to describe parts of the spine.

Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
cervical vertebrae
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
spine; vertebral column
lumbar vertebra; lumbar vertebrae
cervical vertebrae
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
thoracic vertebra; thoracic vertebrae
intervertebral disk
vertebra; vertebrae
disk herniation; herniated disk; hernia of intervertebral disk; slipped disk
Pott's disease; vertebral tuberculosis; spinal caries
sacral vertebra
sacral vertebra
caudal vertebra
axis (vertebra)
atlas vertebra
Castanopsis cuspidata (species of chinquapin)
Castanopsis sieboldii (species of chinquapin)
Alan Smithee (pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project); Allen Smithee
Temnospondyli; extinct order of tetrapods
Castanopsis cuspidata (species of chinquapin)
Castanopsis cuspidata (species of chinquapin)
Castanopsis sieboldii (species of chinquapin)
Mycena lux-coeli (bioluminescent species of mushroom)