骨

bone; skeleton; remains; frame

10 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 936.

Readings

• コツ (on reading): 骨折 (こっせつ) bone fracture; 骨格 (こっかく) skeleton
• ほね (kun reading): 骨 (ほね) bone; 肋骨 (あばらぼね) rib
• Read as a whole word: 西洋骨牌 (せいようカルタ) Western playing cards

Components

• 月
• 冂 radical open box, upside down
• 冖 radical cover
• 月 radical moon; flesh
• 骨 radical bone

Kanji containing 骨

• 滑 slippery
• 髄 marrow
• 猾 crafty
• 骭 leg
• 榾 chip (of wood)
• 骰 dice
• 磆 stone implement
• 骸 bone
• 骼 bleached bones
• 髀 thigh
• 髏 skull
• 鶻 falcon
• 髑 skull
• 髓 marrow
• 體 the body

Words using 骨

• 骨折 (こっせつ) bone fracture
• 骨格 (こっかく) skeleton
• 露骨 (ろこつ) open
• 遺骨 (いこつ) cremated remains (esp. the bones)
• 骨髄 (こつずい) bone marrow
• 骨 (ほね) bone
• 肋骨 (あばらぼね) rib
• 背骨 (せぼね) spine
• 骨折る (ほねおる) to exert oneself greatly
• 骨組み (ほねぐみ) skeletal frame
• 西洋骨牌 (せいようカルタ) Western playing cards
• 排骨 (パイクー) Chinese-style spare ribs (esp. pork, also beef or lamb), breaded and fried
• 骨骨し (こちごちし) boorish

451 words in all.

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