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骨质 (gǔ zhì) — osseous tissue; bone tissue (medical)

Definition

noun
osseous tissuebone tissue (medical)

Examples

  • 骨质。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā jiǎn chá gǔ zhì mì dù.
    The doctor suggested he check his bone density.
  • 骨质。
    Zhè zhǒng yào wù kě yǐ bāng zhù zēng qiáng gǔ zhì.
    This medication can help strengthen bone tissue.
  • 骨质。
    gǔ zhì De jiàn kāng duì lǎo nián rén fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Bone health is very important for the elderly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

骨gǔbone
质zhìsubstance

骨 is bone and 质 is substance, together meaning bone tissue.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròu
Sound part声符shēngfú
冎
冎guǎ骨gǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The older form 冎 drew a bone; 肉, flesh, was added to make 骨.

Open 骨 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 質; 质 is its simplified writing.

  • 斦斦yín
  • 貝貝bèi

The traditional form 質 is made up of 貝 and 斦; this describes 質, not the simplified 质.

Open 质 →
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