脊

jǐ

(bound form) spine; backbone

Radical: 月 Strokes: 10

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾胜脸腹

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼

Meanings

(bound form) spine; backbone

(bound form) ridge

jǐ

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Words with 脊 96 total

the back of the human body背脊bèi jǐ (tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)里脊lǐ ji backbone脊骨jǐ gǔ mountain ridge山脊shān jǐ roof ridge屋脊wū jǐ

Idioms with 脊 4 total Chain

lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant in fiction)蹿房越脊cuān fáng yuè jǐ