髖
kuān

hipbone

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 寬 represents the sound.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
寬
寬 Sound component
kuān broad

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːn
kʰuːn

說文解字

髀上也。从骨寬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

髋 kuān hipbone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 宽 represents the sound. Simplified form of 髖.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
宽
宽 Sound component
kuān broad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode