胫节

脛節
jìngjié
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Huángchóng de jìngjié shàng zhǎng zhe yì pái xiǎo cì.
There is a row of small spines along the locust's tibia.
HSK 7-9
昆虫一般基节转节股节胫节跗节组成
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 股节 (femur) and 跗节 (tarsus). by itself means shin/tibia in mammals, and means segment, so the compound extends the human-anatomy word to insect morphology.

Stroke Order

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