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臀 is the standard, relatively formal term for the buttocks or hindquarters of humans and animals. In structure, it is a phono-semantic compound: the lower component ⺼, a reduced form of 肉 'flesh', signals that the word belongs to the body-part category, while the upper component 殿 (diàn) functions primarily as the phonetic. 殿 normally means 'palace' or 'hall', but it also had an early sense of 'the rear' (as in the rear of an army), a semantic clue that reinforces the character's meaning. The most ancient recorded form is 𡱒, which depicts a person (尸) with their buttocks (𠂤) explicitly highlighted. In contemporary usage, 臀 maintains a clinical, detached tone that sets it apart from more colloquial synonyms.
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我的臀部有点疼。
他摔伤了臀部。
锻炼可以塑造臀部曲线。
长时间坐着对臀部不好。
医生检查了他的臀部伤势。
这件裤子的臀围太紧了。
在健身中，臀桥是一种有效的练习。
由于缺乏运动，她的臀部肌肉变得松弛。
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