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The character 髋, in its traditional form 髖, is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 骨 (bone) on the left and the phonetic component 宽 (wide) on the right. It refers specifically to the anatomical hip or pelvis, particularly the hip bone. This pairing of "bone" with "broad" aptly reflects the pelvis's wide, skeletal structure. The term is used exclusively in medical and anatomical contexts to describe the joint and structural area connecting the torso to the legs.
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