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髖
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髋
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hipbone

HSK 10
Human →Body →Skeleton
kuān
カン、コン
こしぼね
Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 寬 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (髖)
骨 skeleton+ 寬 wide =
髖 hipbone
骨 Meaning component
gǔ skeleton
bone
寬 Phonetic component
wide
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Simplified (髋)
骨 skeleton+ 宽 spacious =
髋 hipbone
骨 Meaning component
gǔ skeleton
bone
宽 Phonetic component
kuān spacious
broad, wide
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Notes
Similar Characters
滑 slippery猾 cunning鶻 a kind of pigeon (iii) (trad)鹘 a kind of pigeon (simp)骯 dirty (iii) (trad)骰 die骱 joint of bones骶 coccyx骷 skeleton骸 body骺 tip of a long bone骼 skeleton髀 thigh髁 thigh bone髂 pelvis髅 skeleton (simp)髋 hip (simp)髌 kneecap (simp)髑 skull (alt)髒 dirty (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
髖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
髋 / 髖 [kuān]
pelvis; pelvic
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
髋关节 [kuān​guān​jié] #32,570
pelvis
髋骨 [kuān​gǔ] #35,693
hip bone