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Chinese symbol for “femur”

股骨
gǔ gǔ
femur

The closest CC-CEDICT match for femur is 股骨 (gǔ gǔ), defined as: femur.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

股 gǔ
share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
骨 gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
radical 188 ⾻ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 股骨.

WordPinyinMeaning
股份gǔ fèna share (in a company); stock
股东 (股東)gǔ dōngshareholder; stockholder
股票gǔ piàoshare certificate; stock (finance)
屁股pì gubuttocks; bottom
股权 (股權)gǔ quánequity shares; stock right
控股kòng gǔto own a controlling number of shares in a company
骨头 (骨頭)gǔ toubone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài)
骨干 (骨幹)gǔ gàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone

See also: Japanese symbol for “femur”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.