骨

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Alternative forms

• ⻣
• ⾻

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 冎 (“skull”) + ⺼ (“body”)

Han character

骨 (radical 188 骨+0, in Chinese 9 strokes, in Japanese 10 strokes, cangjie input 月月月 (BBB), four-corner 7722₇)

1. bone
2. skeleton
3. frame, framework

Derived terms

• Index:Chinese radical/骨
• 滑, 猾, 搰, 鶻, 𩪗, 𩪦, 䯉, 顝, 尳, 縎

References

• KangXi: page 1447, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45098
• Dae Jaweon: page 1973, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4406, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9AA8

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kwut
• Min Nan (POJ): kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ku³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹
    • Yale: gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kwut
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kwut̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut
    • Tâi-lô: kut
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²/

Old Chinese pronunciation (骨, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
骨								gǔ								‹ kwot ›								/*kˤut/								bone
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
骨					4321					骨					物					2					骨					/*kuːd/					冎亦聲

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

骨

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. skeleton
2. bone

Readings

• Goon: こち (kochi) (rare)
• Kan’on: こつ (kotsu)
• Kun: ほね (hone)

Compounds

Compounds

骨格 (こっかく) (kokkaku): skeleton; framework; physique, build 骨角 (こっかく) (kokkaku): bone and horn; a protruding, horn-like bone 骨子 (こっし) (kosshi): the gist, the main point 骨折 (こっせつ) (kossetsu): a bone fracture, a broken bone 骨頂 (こっちょう) (kotchō): (metaphorical) the height or pinnacle of something, such as "the height of folly" 骨董 (こっとう) (kottō): an antique; something ancient and anachronistic, something very old-fashioned 骨董品 (こっとうひん) (kottōhin): an antique; something ancient and anachronistic, something very old-fashioned 骨牌 (こっぱい) (koppai): a certain kind of traditional Japanese playing card; a certain mah-jongg tile depicting animal bones 骨盤 (こつばん) (kotsuban): the pelvis

References

JIS: 397C Kuten: 2592 Shift JIS: 8D9C EUC-JP: B9FC Frequency: 936 Nelson: 5236

New Nelson: 6784 Halpern: 2654 Halpern Learners: 1699 Heisig: 1288 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4b6.14

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1

Wikipedia ^ja Wikipedia

骨 (hone): a bone.

Kanji in this term

骨

ほね Grade: 6

kun'yomi

/pone/ → /ɸone/ → /hone/

From Old Japanese. Possibly cognate with Korean 뼈 (ppyeo, “bone”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ほね​ [hònéꜜ] (Odaka - [2])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ne̞]

Noun

骨 (hiragana ほね, romaji hone)

1. bone
2. a rib,

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

骨

かわら Grade: 6

kun'yomi

/kapara/ → /kaɸara/ → /kawara/

Probably from Sanskrit कपालः (kapāla, “cup, bowl, skull”). Cognate with 瓦 (kawara, “tile, particularly for roofing or flooring”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɾ̠a̠]

Alternative forms

• 䯊

Noun

骨 (hiragana かわら, romaji kawara, historical hiragana かはら)

1. (archaic, rare) a bone, particularly a covering bone such as a skull or kneecap

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Korean

Hanja

骨 (gol) (hangeul 골, revised gol, McCune-Reischauer kol, Yale kol)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

骨 (*guət)

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Vietnamese

Han character

骨 (cốt, cọt, cút, gút)

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References

• Nom Foundation