Kanji Detail for 脊 - "back, spine, stature"

脊

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
脊 means "back, spine, stature."
1. Back - The spine; the backbone.
2. Spine - The vertebral column; the central support structure.
3. Back-shaped - Something shaped like a spine or ridge.
4. Stature - Height; body height.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

stature; height; spine

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

spine, backbone; ridge

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

spine, backbone; ridge

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The back and spine. The spine is the trunk of all bones. What supports the body. Consisting of twenty-four vertebrae. | All that is high and in the middle is called 脊 (ridge). Such as 屋脊 (roof ridge), 山脊 (mountain ridge). | To join. Also read like 敏.
Onyomi

seki(セキ)
Kunyomi

se(せ)

sei(せい)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords
back spine stature height column posture ridge spinal vertebra backbone