胯骨 (kuà gū) — hipbone

Definition

noun
hipbone
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 胯骨，。
    Tā de kuà gū shuāi shāng le, zǒu bù liǎo lù.
    He fell and injured his hipbone, and can't walk.
  • 胯骨。
    Yī shēng pāi le yì zhāng kuà gū de piān zi.
    The doctor took an X-ray of the hipbone.
  • 胯骨。
    Lǎo nián rén yào xiǎo xīn kuà gū gǔ zhé.
    Elderly people should be careful of hipbone fractures.

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.

胯kuàhip
骨gǔbone

胯 locates the hip and 骨 means bone, together denoting the hipbone.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

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