腓骨

féigǔ

noun #29,473

Measure Word

一根腓骨 gēn

Meanings

1 fibula
2 calf bone (the slender outer bone of the lower leg)

Characters

calf (of the leg)

Examples

他在足球比赛中摔倒，腓骨骨折了。

Tā zài zúqiú bǐsài zhōng shuāidǎo, féigǔ gǔzhé le.

He fell during the football match and fractured his fibula.

腓骨是小腿外侧的细骨。

Féigǔ shì xiǎotuǐ wàicè de xì gǔ.

The fibula is the slender bone on the outside of the lower leg.

Tips

memory

腓骨: 腓 relates to the calf of the leg (with 月 flesh radical + 非), and 骨 means bone. Together: the bone of the calf. The paired bone, 胫骨 (tibia), is on the inside.

Stroke Order

腓 féi

骨 gǔ