骨

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Alternative forms

• ⻣
• ⾻

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*k-/ lends semantic value Frame. Vowel /*-ua-/ lends semantic value Curving/Round. Final consonant /*-t/ lends semantic value Cut/Divide/Reduce. Seal script style shows phono-semantic indicator a bone circulating in its joint + semantic indicator 肉 flesh → scoop out a limb from its joint. Present-day meanings are via association and extension. Source: Howell & Morimoto

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

骨 (Yale gwat1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

骨 (POJ kwut, Guangdong kut⁷; kwut⁷ [Meixian], Hagfa Pinyim gud5)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

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Kanji

骨 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. skeleton
2. bone

Readings

• 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, kōchō): (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

骨（ほね）: bone

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

pone > ɸone > hone

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ho̞ne̞]

Noun

骨 (hiragana ほね, romaji hone)

1. bone

Etymology 2

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

/kahara/: *[kapara] > [kaɸara] > [kawara]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ka̠w͍a̠ɽa̠]

Alternative forms

• 䯊

Noun

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

1. a bone, particularly a covering bone such as the skull or kneecap

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

骨 (pinyin gǔ (gu3), Wade-Giles ku³)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

骨 (*guət)

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Vietnamese

Han character

骨 (cốt, cọt, cút, gút)

References

• Nom Foundation