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Chinese symbol for “boneless”

去骨
qù gǔ
to debone; (of meat or fish) boneless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for boneless is 去骨 (qù gǔ), defined as: to debone; (of meat or fish) boneless.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

去 qù
to go away, to leave, to depart
radical 28 ⼛ · 5 strokes
骨 gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
radical 188 ⾻ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 去骨.

WordPinyinMeaning
过去 (過去)guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
失去shī qùto lose
去年qù niánlast year
下去xià qùto go down; to descend
出去chū qùto go out
骨头 (骨頭)gǔ toubone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài)
骨干 (骨幹)gǔ gàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
骨折gǔ zhéto suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break

See also: Japanese symbol for “boneless”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.