bone

HSK 5 #1036

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1036th character
Radical ⾻ (188.0)
Strokes 9
Index # 1523

Definitions

骨 gǔ
  1. 1. bone

Stroke order

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Words containing 骨

Word Meaning
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu mó jiā dí shā
Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
radius (anatomy); bone of the forearm
pubic bone
pubic bone
Chinese osteopathy; the eight methods of bonesetting
to feel one's blood run cold
skeletal fluorosis; osteofluorosis
black-boned chicken; silkie; silky fowl
black-boned chicken; silkie; silky fowl
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
a miracle (idiom); lit. the dead returning to life
oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
scrawny; emaciated
skinny; bony
coot
coot
to be all skin and bones (idiom)
to be all skin and bones (idiom)
to be extremely cold or painful