Chinese symbol for “tibia”
胫骨
jìng gǔ
Traditional: 脛骨
tibia; shinbone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tibia is 胫骨 (jìng gǔ), defined as: tibia; shinbone.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胫骨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不胫而走 (不脛而走) | bù jìng ér zǒu | to get round fast; to spread like wildfire |
| 护胫 (護脛) | hù jìng | shin pad; shin guard |
| 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 |
| 骨折 | gǔ zhé | to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break |
| 骨骼 | gǔ gé | bones; skeleton |
| 头骨 (頭骨) | tóu gǔ | skull |
| 骨灰 | gǔ huī | bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tibia”.
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.