胫节

脛節
jìngjié
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tibia (of an insect leg)
  2. 2 shin segment

Examples

Huángchóng de jìngjié shàng zhǎng zhe yì pái xiǎo cì.
There is a row of small spines along the locust's tibia.
Kūnchóng de tuǐ yìbān yóu jījié, zhuǎnjié, gǔjié, jìngjié hé fūjié zǔchéng.
An insect leg is typically made up of the coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, and tarsus.

Tips

usage
Entomology term: the fourth segment of an insect leg, between (femur) and (tarsus). by itself means shin/tibia in mammals, and means segment — the compound extends the human-anatomy word to insect morphology.

Stroke Order

jìng
jié