髋骨

髖骨

kuāngǔ

noun #35,693

Measure Word

一块髋骨 kuài

Meanings

1 hip bone
2 pelvic bone

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

医生检查了她的髋骨。

Yīshēng jiǎnchá le tā de kuāngǔ.

The doctor examined her hip bone.

HSK 5

老人摔倒最怕摔到髋骨。

Lǎorén shuāidǎo zuì pà shuāi dào kuāngǔ.

What elderly people fear most when falling is hitting the hip bone.

Tips

memory

骨 means bone and appears in almost every bone name: 头骨, 肋骨, 脊骨, 髋骨. 髋 has radical 骨 on the left and 宽 (wide) on the right - a wide bone.

Stroke Order

髋 kuān

骨 gǔ