骷

骷 U+9AB7, 骷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB7 ← 骶 [U+9AB6] CJK Unified Ideographs 骸 → [U+9AB8]

Translingual

Han character

骷 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+5, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 月月十口 (BBJR), four-corner 7426₀, composition ⿰骨古)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1448, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45156
• Dae Jaweon: page 1975, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4409, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9AB7

Chinese

trad.		骷
simp. #		骷
alternative forms		𩪆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaː): semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ku
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹
    • Yale: kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
    • Tâi-lô: khoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qof
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骷
Reading #	1/1
No.	4241
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枯
Old Chinese	/*kʰaː/

Definitions

骷

1. used in 骷髏／骷髅 (kūlóu, “skeleton”)
2. (historical dictionaries only) kneecap

Further reading

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04660
• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “骷”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji

骷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku)、こ (ko)

Korean

Hanja

骷 (eumhun 해골 고 (haegol go))

1. skeleton
2. kneecap

Vietnamese

Hán-Nôm

骷: Hán Việt readings: khô

1. chữ Hán form of khô (“exhumed skull”)