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骸

bone
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingガイ、カイ
Kun readingむくろ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bone
    彼は「タイタニック号」の残骸を確認した。He identified the wreck of the Titanic.tatoeba
    船が沈没してしまってのち、船の残骸が引き上げられた。The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.tatoeba
  2. body
  3. corpse
  4. remainsRtK
  1. shell
  2. husk
  3. hull
  4. pod
  5. chaff

Radicals and components

Radical骨bone
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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skeleton · joint · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · sign of the hog · acorn · top hat (亠)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1641

Compound words

骸骨がいこつ
skeleton
亡骸なきがら
remains; corpse; (dead) body
遺骸いがい
remains
形骸けいがい
(soulless) body
残骸ざんがい
ruins
屍骸しがい
(dead) body
死骸しがい
(dead) body
形骸化けいがいか
becoming a mere shell
頭骸骨ずがいこつ
skull
亡き骸なきがら
remains

Additional Examples

探検家達は洞穴の中で骸骨を発見した。
The explorers discovered a skeleton in the cave.tatoeba
船が沈没してしまってのち、船の残骸が引き上げられた。
The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 骸

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