Memory phrase for the Kanji: 骨


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Meaning bone, skeleton, frame

Pronunciation

KOTSU
hone

Explanation

From top: bone (pictograph of a vertebra), cover , body/flesh /

Mnemonic


 
The bones of the body are the bones.

Radicals

bone
body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but has the meaning 'body part'.
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 Vocabulary

骨折 こっせつ  bone fracture
軟骨 なんこつ  cartilage
露骨 ろこつ  (1) frank, blunt, plain, outspoken (2) conspicuous, open (3) broad, suggestive
骨董品 こっとうひん  curio
肋骨 あばらぼね  rib, (frame of a ship)

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