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髋关节 (kuān guān jié) — hip joint

Definition

noun
hip joint
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 髋关节。
    Tā pǎo bù shí kuān guān jié shòu le shāng.
    He injured his hip joint while running.
  • 髋关节。
    Lǎo nián rén yào zhù yì bǎo hù kuān guān jié.
    Elderly people should take care to protect their hip joints.
  • 髋关节。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de kuān guān jié.
    The doctor examined his hip joint.

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.

髋kuānhip
关节joint
关guānjoint节jiéjoint
联合Coordinate

“髋” names the hip and “关节” means joint, together giving the hip joint.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 髋 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 關; 关 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門méndoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢇅
𢇅𢇅關guān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 关, the traditional form 關 shows 門 as a door and 𢇅 as two wooden sticks locking it, with ring-like marks on top.

Open 关 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →
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