髂

髂 · qià

the pelvis

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qià
Cantonese
kaa3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

the pelvis

Dictionary definitions & readings

髂 qià · ilium; outermost bone of the pelvic girdle; Taiwan pr. kà

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74415.150:qià,gé Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0906.130:qià Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
295.020:qià Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qià粵kaa3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カ ケ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
枯駕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BBJHR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7326.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1450.090 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
422.40 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9AC2
Radical
骨 · 188
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6343

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
髂
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khaeH · 枯駕 · 假開二去麻溪 · #2867

PHONO-ML, source line 15441; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1513.401
kDaeJaweon
1976.230
kHanYu
74415.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1976.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74415.150
kIRGKangXi
1450.090
kKangXi
1450.090
kMatthews
615
kMorohashi
45227
kSBGY
422.40
kSMSZD2003Index
791.11
kCangjie
BBJHR
kFourCornerCode
7326.4
kMojiJoho
MJ028877
kPhonetic
417
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7744
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F3C1
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-028877
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8AE9
kIRG_KSource
K2-6F64
kIRG_TSource
T2-682E
kRSUnicode
188.9
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F3C1
kCCCII
23545A
kCNS1986
2-682E
kCNS1992
2-682E
kEACC
23545A
kGB0
8736
kGB1
8736
kTGH
2013:6343
kXerox
321:357
kCantonese
kaa3
kDefinition
the pelvis
kFanqie
枯駕
kHanyuPinyin
74415.150:qià,gé
kJapanese
カ ケ
kKorean
KA
kMandarin
qià
kSMSZD2003Readings
qià粵kaa3
kTGHZ2013
295.020:qià
kXHC1983
0906.130:qià

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 髂0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
骨 beside 客 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰骨客$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰骨客$(GHTKP)

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