髋骨

髖骨

kuāngǔ

noun #35,693

Measure Word

一块髋骨 kuài

Meanings

1 hip bone
2 pelvic bone

Characters

Examples

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.

医生检查了她的髋骨。

Yīshēng jiǎnchá le tā de kuāngǔ.

The doctor examined her 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