骨 — Chinese character
骨
gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Radical
- 188 ⾻ (Bone)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 冎
- Formation
- ideographic — Flesh ⺼ and bones 冎
- Japanese
- 骨 as a kanji
Common words with 骨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骨头 (骨頭) | gǔ tou | bone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài) |
| 骨干 (骨幹) | gǔ gàn | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone |
| 骨折 | gǔ zhé | to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break |
| 骨骼 | gǔ gé | bones; skeleton |
| 头骨 (頭骨) | tóu gǔ | skull |
| 骨灰 | gǔ huī | bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains |
| 肋骨 | lèi gǔ | rib; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 骨架 | gǔ jià | framework; skeleton |
| 骨髓 | gǔ suǐ | bone marrow |
| 毛骨悚然 | máo gǔ sǒng rán | to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold |
| 甲骨文 | jiǎ gǔ wén | oracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) |
| 骨子里 (骨子裡) | gǔ zi lǐ | beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level |
English words written with 骨
骨 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Mencius 6B.15
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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