臀 tún buttocks
buttocks; hips
怎么记住“臀”: 殿 hall + ⺝ meat = buttocks. After three hours on the stone bench in the cold hall, Grandpa jokes that there is no meat left on his buttocks.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
臀 = 殿 hall + ⺝ meat
- 殿 hall sound
- ⺝ meat meaning
After three hours on the stone bench in the cold hall, Grandpa jokes that there is no meat left on his buttocks.
How it came to be
The flesh below gives the meaning and the hall above the sound.
用法
- The buttocks: chiefly 臀部 (túnbù) the buttocks/hips, a clinical, neutral term used in medicine, fitness, and anatomy rather than casual speech.