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顶骨

頂骨
dǐnggǔ
noun #34,517

Measure Word

一块顶骨 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 parietal bone (one of the paired bones forming the top of the skull)

Examples

顶骨位于头颅的顶部。
Dǐnggǔ wèiyú tóulú de dǐngbù.
The parietal bone is located on top of the skull.
他的顶骨受到了撞击。
Tā de dǐnggǔ shòu dào le zhuàngjī.
His parietal bone took an impact.

Tips

memory
Literally 'top + bone' — the bone on top of the head. Per Xinhua, it's roughly flat and rectangular, paired left and right at the crown of the skull.

Stroke Order

顶 dǐng
骨 gǔ