Chinese Character Wiki
骨

gǔ

bone

Pictograph of a bone (冎) with muscle (肉) attached to it.

Components
冎 sound,iconic component

冎  Sound Iconic component

guǎ

  

bone

肉 iconic component

肉  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat

Deceptively similar but unrelated to 月.

Evolution

骨 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
骨 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
骨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
骨 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
骨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

骨  

gǔ

bone; skeleton; frame, framework

Most common words with 骨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骨

bone

骨头

bone

骨折

fracture

骨干

fig. backbone

骨髓

bone marrow (medulla ossea)

Component uses

Meaning component in 20 characters (2 verified)

體 髒 骸 髓 骯 骼 骷 髅 骰 骶 髁 髋 髖 髂 骱 髌 髕 髑 髀 骺

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

滑 猾 鶻 鹘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤut

kwot

gǔ

bone


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 34.4226% of movies

955th most common character in movies

1036th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+9AA8

Shuowen

“骨，肉之覈也。从冎，有肉。”


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