Chinese symbol for “keel”
龙骨
lóng gǔ
Traditional: 龍骨
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM); breastbone (of a bird); keel (of a ship)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for keel is 龙骨 (lóng gǔ), defined as: "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM); breastbone (of a bird); keel (of a ship).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 龙骨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙头 (龍頭) | lóng tóu | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar |
| 恐龙 (恐龍) | kǒng lóng | dinosaur (头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person |
| 沙龙 (沙龍) | shā lóng | salon (loanword) |
| 青龙 (青龍) | qīng lóng | (slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit) |
| 龙卷风 (龍捲風) | lóng juǎn fēng | tornado; hurricane |
| 成龙 (成龍) | chéng lóng | to succeed in life; to become somebody |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “keel”.
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.