Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Jinmeiyō
けい
Grade: 2
こつ
Grade: 6
kan’on
 蝶形骨 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

蝶形 (butterfly shape) +‎ (bone)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ちょーけーこつ [chòókéꜜèkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːke̞ːko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun edit

(ちょう)(けい)(こつ) (chōkeikotsuてふけいこつ (tefukeikotu)?

  1. a sphenoid bone
    Meronym: 翼状突起 (yokujō tokki)