坐骨 (zuò gū) — ischium

Definition

noun
ischium
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • ，坐骨。
    Tā shuāi dǎo le, dǎo zhì zuò gū gǔ zhé.
    He fell, causing a fracture of the ischium.
  • X坐骨。
    Yī shēng tōng guò X guāng jiǎn chá le huàn zhě de zuò gū.
    The doctor examined the patient's ischium via X-ray.
  • 坐骨。
    zuò gū Shì rén tǐ gǔ pén de yí bù fen.
    The ischium is part of the human pelvis.

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.

坐zuòsit
骨gǔbone

The 骨 ('bone') associated with 坐 ('sitting') is the ischium.

Characters in this word

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

The form 坐 combines 留, 'to stay', and 土, 'ground'.

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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 →

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