枕骨 (zhěn gǔ) — occipital bone | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

occipital bone

Measure word · 块

枕骨，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de zhěn gǔ, fā xiàn méi yǒu shòu shāng.
The doctor examined his occipital bone and found no injury.
枕骨，。
zhěn gǔ Shì tóu gǔ de yí bù fen, wèi yú hòu nǎo sháo.
The occipital bone is part of the skull, located at the back of the head.
枕骨。
Chē huò zhōng tā de zhěn gǔ shòu dào le zhuàng jī.
In the car accident, his occipital bone was hit.

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.

It names the skull bone associated with resting on a pillow, from 枕 'pillow' and 骨 'bone'.

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.

木冘枕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冘

冘yóu枕zhěn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

枕 is written with 木 (wood) beside 冘; 木 is the meaning part and 冘 the sound part.

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

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.