撿骨 jiǎn gǔ

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. 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

Characters

Character Meaning
撿 jiǎn
to pick up; to collect; to gather
骨 gǔ HSK 5
bone