髂骨 (qià gǔ) — ilium (the upper part of the pelvic bone)

Definition

noun
ilium (the upper part of the pelvic bone)
Measure word · 块
Easily confused

Examples

  • 髂骨。
    Yī shēng shuō tā zuǒ biān de qià gǔ yǒu liè fèng.
    The doctor said his left ilium has a crack.
  • ，髂骨。
    Zài jiě pōu kè shàng, wǒ men xué xí le qià gǔ de jié gòu.
    In anatomy class, we learned the structure of the ilium.
  • 髂骨，。
    Chē huò hòu tā de qià gǔ duàn le, xū yào shǒu shù.
    After the car accident, his ilium was broken and needed surgery.

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.

髂qiàilium
骨gǔbone

髂 names the ilium, and 骨 marks it as a bone.

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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