Memory phrase for the character: 骨

骨

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Meaning

bone, skeleton, frame

Pronunciation

KOTSU
hone

Explanation

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

Mnemonic
 
The bones of the body are the bones.

Radicals

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




 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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