kuān

hipbone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
骨 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

bone

宽 sound component

  Sound component

kuān

  

broad

Evolution

髋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
髋 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
髋 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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kuān

hipbone; hip; pelvis; pelvic

Most common words with 髋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

pelvis

髋关节

pelvis

髋骨

hip bone