Question

脊 せ、せい 0 2299 10 130 にく・にくづき 会意 Compound Ideographic Look, says the teacher in biology class. "The spinal column holds your flesh together, just like the metal rod of this umbrella (he demonstrates this with an umbrella covered in I-Ching symbols) holds the umbrella together".

Accepted Answer

セキ stature, height S 人: person二: two; two radical (no.2)二: two; two radical (no.2)肉: meat 肉 6 (none) spinal column A pictograph of a spinal column. The umbrella representing the shoulder blades, the I Ching as the shoulder muscles and the part of the body as the spine itself.

Kanji	脊
Onyomi	セキ
Kunyomi	せ、せい
English	stature, height
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	2299
Components	人: person 二: two; two radical (no.2) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 肉: meat
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	肉
Radical Number	130
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	にく・にくづき
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	spinal column
Koohii Story 1	Look, says the teacher in biology class. "The spinal column holds your flesh together, just like the metal rod of this umbrella (he demonstrates this with an umbrella covered in I-Ching symbols) holds the umbrella together".
Koohii Story 2	A pictograph of a spinal column. The umbrella representing the shoulder blades, the I Ching as the shoulder muscles and the part of the body as the spine itself.

Umbrella Spinal 二 Radical No.2 Column Holds Shoulder