Chinese symbol for “sternum”
胸骨
xiōng gǔ
sternum; breastbone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sternum is 胸骨 (xiōng gǔ), defined as: sternum; breastbone.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胸骨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胸部 | xiōng bù | chest; bosom |
| 胸口 | xiōng kǒu | chest |
| 胸前 | xiōng qián | (on the) chest; bosom |
| 胸罩 | xiōng zhào | brassiere (underwear); bra |
| 胸怀 (胸懷) | xiōng huái | one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast |
| 胸围 (胸圍) | xiōng wéi | chest measurement; bust |
| 骨头 (骨頭) | gǔ tou | bone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài) |
| 骨干 (骨幹) | gǔ gàn | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sternum”.
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.