背骨

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	bone
trad. (背骨)		背	骨
simp. ^#(背骨)		背	骨

背骨

背骨

Alternative spelling
呂

Compound of 背 (se, “back”) +‎ 骨 (hone, “bone”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from the late 1100s.^[1]

背(せ)骨(ぼね) • (sebone)

[from late 1100s] backbone (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)
Synonyms: 脊柱 (sekichū, “spinal column”), 脊椎 (sekitsui, “spina, spine”)

Hyponyms: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu, “vertebra”), 脊椎骨 (sekitsuikotsu, “vertebra”), 脊髄 (sekizui, “spinal cord”)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “背骨”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “背骨”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN