骨

骨 U+9AA8, 骨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AA8 ← 骧 [U+9AA7] CJK Unified Ideographs 骩 → [U+9AA9]

⾻ U+2FBB, ⾻ KANGXI RADICAL BONE ← ⾺ [U+2FBA] Kangxi Radicals ⾼ → [U+2FBC]

⻣ U+2EE3, ⻣ CJK RADICAL BONE ← ⻢ [U+2EE2] CJK Radicals Supplement ⻤ → [U+2EE4]

Translingual

Traditional	骨
Simplified	骨
Japanese	骨
Korean	骨

Stroke order (Mainland China)

Stroke order (Taiwan)

Stroke order (Japan)

Alternative forms

• In Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau), Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, the inner component on the top of the character is drawn with two strokes both starting from the center, and positioned to the right (◲) (骨, ⾻, 骨), which is the orthodox form found in the historical Kangxi dictionary.
• In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing (新字形) standardized form) and Vietnamese Nôm, the inner component on the top of the character is drawn with a single stroke starting from the left, and positioned to the left (◱) (骨).
• In mainland China (Xin Zixing), Hong Kong and Macau (Traditional Chinese), Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the bottom component is written in the form of ⺝ (similar to 月), but the leftmost stroke is vertical (丨) and not curved (丿), which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
• In Taiwan (Traditional Chinese), the bottom component is written in the form of ⺼ (meat radical, similar to 月 where the leftmost stroke is curved 丿 but the two horizontal strokes enclosed within are written 冫 instead).
• Due to Han unification, this character may or may not appear different, depending on the fonts available (the curvature or straightness of the leftmost stroke in the bottom part is not significant and may vary slightly between fonts):
  • 骨 : traditional Kangxi form (10 strokes) in Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea, Vietnam;
  • 骨: traditional modified form (10 strokes) in Taiwan;
  • 骨: simplified form (9 strokes) in Mainland China.

Han character

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Radical 188 骨

骨 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+0, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 月月月 (BBB), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿱⿵⿰丨𠃍𠃍肎(GV) or ⿱⿵⿰丨𠃍⿰丨一肎(HTJK))

1. Kangxi radical #188, ⾻.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №134

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/骨
• 傦, 嗗, 尳, 𡻋, 𭘱, 愲, 搰, 滑, 猾, 𡰅, 榾, 𣨺, 𤚱, 𦞽, 𥛔, 𥉄, 磆, 𥠳, 𧜓, 𠬒, 縎(𦈔), 𦎰, 𦖼, 螖, 𧳸, 𧽌, 𨃴, 𨉦, 𨍾, 𨪷, 餶(馉), 䮩, 䱻(𮬡), 𪄥, 𬛟, 𬗁, 䶤
• 𠞡, 𩀜, 顝, 鶻(鹘), 蓇, 𥱪, 𩄨, 𥐒, 㾶, 𤼑

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1447, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45098
• Dae Jaweon: page 1973, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4406, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9AA8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 骨
Shang		Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
顝	*kʰuːl, *kʰuːlʔ, *kʰuːd
滑	*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
猾	*ɡruːd
磆	*ɡruːd
螖	*ɡruːd
鶻	*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
嗗	*qruːd
骨	*kuːd
縎	*kuːd
愲	*kuːd
蓇	*kuːd
尳	*kuːd, *ɡuːd
榾	*kuːd
搰	*ɡuːd
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (骨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 冎 (“skull”) + ⺼ (“body”).

Etymology 1

trad.		骨
simp. #		骨

Usually related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m/g-rus (“bone”), whence Tibetan རུས (rus), Nuosu ꃷꅍ (vup ddu), S'gaw Karen တၢ်ဃံ (ta̱xee), but there is no trace of a medial *r in Chinese (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 骨
Mandarin	Beijing	/ku²¹⁴/ /ku³⁵/
	Harbin	/ku²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ku¹³/ ～折 /ku²¹/ ～頭
	Jinan	/ku²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ku⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ku²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ku²¹/
	Xining	/kv̩⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ku¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ku¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ku²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ku²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ku³¹/
	Guiyang	/ku²¹/
	Kunming	/ku³¹/
	Nanjing	/kuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/kuəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/kuʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kuəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kuəʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/kuəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kuoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ky²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/kuʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/ku⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ku²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ku²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuɨʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kut̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/kut̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kwɐt̚⁵/
	Nanning	/kɛɐt̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kwɐt̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kut̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɔuʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ko²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kuk̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kut̚⁵/

Rime
Character	骨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古忽切
Baxter	kwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwət̚/
Li Rong	/kuət̚/
Wang Li	/kuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	骨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kwot ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁut/
English	bone
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骨
Reading #	1/1
No.	4321
Phonetic component	骨
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	骨
Old Chinese	/*kuːd/
Notes	冎亦聲

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǔ, gū, gú (gu³, gu¹, gu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ, ㄍㄨ, ㄍㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): gǔ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): gůq

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гў (gw, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwat¹

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gwak⁷

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gut²

  (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): gat³

• Gan (Wiktionary): gut⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kut

  (Hailu, HRS): gud

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gud⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): gueh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): gŏ
• Eastern Min (BUC): gáuk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goh⁶ / guoh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gug⁴

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gug⁴ / guag⁴

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gwat²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷kueq / ⁵kueq / ⁷kuoq / ⁷kuaq / ⁷kuoeq
  • (Jinhua): ⁷kueq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gú
    • Wade–Giles: ku²
    • Yale: gú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵/

Note:

• gǔ - usual pronunciation;
• gū - used in some colloquial words, such as 骨朵兒 (“unbloomed flower”) and 骨碌 (“to roll”);
• gú - used in some colloquial words, such as 骨頭 (“bone”).

• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: gůq
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): guq⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuʔ⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гў (gw, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwat¹
    • Yale: gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: gwak⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐk̚⁴⁴/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gut²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kut̚⁵⁵/
  • (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
    • Jyutping++: gat³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚²⁴/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gut⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kut̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: gud^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kut̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gud
    • Sinological IPA: /kut⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kut̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gueh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑuʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: goh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: guoh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut
    • Tâi-lô: kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuk̚²/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: gug⁴ / guag⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuk̚⁵/, /kuak̚⁵/
Note:
• gug4 - vernacular;
• guag4 - literary.
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: gwat²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷət̚³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kueq
    • MiniDict: kueh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kueq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kuəʔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kuəʔ⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kuəʔ⁴³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /kuəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /kuəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /kuəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kueʔ⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Jiading)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kueq
    • MiniDict: kueh^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /kuəʔ³⁴/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuoq
    • MiniDict: kuoh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kuoʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kuoʔ⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuaq
    • MiniDict: kuah^入
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kuɐʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /kuɐʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuoeq
    • MiniDict: kuoeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kuøʔ⁴⁵/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kueq
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kuəʔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kwot

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːd/

Definitions

骨

1. (anatomy) bone
2. (anatomy) skeleton
3. (figurative) frame; framework
4. (figurative) moral character
5. (Cantonese, Mainland China Hokkien) sarcasm

   佢句句說話都有骨。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢句句说话都有骨。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ geoi³ geoi³ syut³ waa⁶ dou¹ jau⁵ gwat¹. [Jyutping]

   All his sentences are sarcastic.

6. (Mainland China Hokkien) the hell (usually in a question in mild disdain)
7. (Quanzhou Hokkien) clever; intelligent; smart
8. a surname: Gu

Synonyms

• (bone): 骨頭／骨头 (gǔtou), (Eastern Min) 骨骨
• (skeleton): 骨架 (gǔjià)
• (frame):

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• 佈局 / 布局 (bùjú)
• 建築 / 建筑 (jiànzhù) (figurative)
• 架構 / 架构 (jiàgòu)
• 框架 (kuàngjià)
• 構成 / 构成 (gòuchéng)
• 構架 / 构架 (gòujià)
• 構造 / 构造 (gòuzào)
• 組成 / 组成 (zǔchéng)
• 結構 / 结构 (jiégòu)
• 骨架 (gǔjià) (figurative)

 

• (moral character):

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• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質 / 品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地 / 质地 (zhìdì)

 

• (the hell): 鬼 (guǐ); (Hokkien) 碗糕, 番薯, 骨頭／骨头
• (intelligent):

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• 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
• 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
• 伶俐 (línglì)
• 儇 (Wu, of a child)
• 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
• 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
• 性靈 / 性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
• 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
• 明慧 (mínghuì)
• 明智 (míngzhì)
• 機敏 / 机敏 (jīmǐn)
• 機智 / 机智 (jīzhì)
• 機穎 / 机颖 (literary)
• 機警 / 机警 (jījǐng)
• 機靈 / 机灵
• 活絡 / 活络 (Wu)
• 睿智 (ruìzhì)
• 穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
• 精濟 / 精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 精齊 / 精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
• 聰敏 / 聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
• 聰明 / 聪明 (cōngmíng)
• 聰穎 / 聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
• 英明 (yīngmíng)
• 調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
• 靈 / 灵 (líng)
• 靈光 / 灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
• 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)

 

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聰明
	Taiwan	聰明
	Malaysia	聰明
	Singapore	聰明
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聰明
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	靈, 靈醒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	精靈, 聰明
	Wuhan	聰明
	Guilin	聰明
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	聰明
	Hefei	聰明
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Hong Kong	聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
	Taishan	聰明, 叻, 參
	Kaiping (Chikan)	叻
	Yangjiang	伶俐, 叻
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精, 扮𠮨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan	Nanchang	精靈, 聰明
Hakka	Meixian	聰明, 機靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聰明
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聰明
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聰明
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聰明, 精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聰明, 精
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聰明
	Kuching (Hepo)	將
Jin	Taiyuan	機靈, 聰明
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聰明
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聰明
Southern Min	Xiamen	聰明
	Quanzhou	聰明, 骨, 骨鳥 derogatory
	Zhangzhou	聰明
	Taipei	聰明, 巧, 明白
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
	Manila (Hokkien)	巧, 勥, 𠢕
	Chaozhou	聰明
	Singapore (Teochew)	聰明
	Wenchang	精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	精
Wu	Suzhou	聰明
	Ningbo	聰明
	Wenzhou	靈, 聰明
Xiang	Changsha	靈泛, 聰明
	Shuangfeng	聰明

Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]

Compounds

• 一聚枯骨
• 一骨碌
• 主心骨兒 / 主心骨儿
• 乞骸骨 (qǐ háigǔ)
• 仙風道骨 / 仙风道骨
• 仙骨 (xiāngǔ)
• 併骨 / 并骨 (bìnggǔ)
• 侵肌透骨
• 俗骨 (súgǔ)
• 俠骨 / 侠骨
• 俠骨柔腸 / 侠骨柔肠
• 傷筋動骨 / 伤筋动骨 (shāngjīndònggǔ)
• 傲骨 (àogǔ)
• 傲骨嶙峋 (àogǔ línxún)
• 入骨 (rùgǔ)
• 冢中枯骨 (zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ)
• 冰肌玉骨
• 凡胎俗骨
• 凡胎濁骨 / 凡胎浊骨
• 凡骨
• 分筋錯骨 / 分筋错骨
• 切骨 (qiègǔ)
• 切骨之仇
• 刻肌刻骨
• 刻骨 (kègǔ)
• 刺骨 (cìgǔ)
• 刮骨
• 刮骨去毒
• 刺骨懸梁
• 刮骨療毒 / 刮骨疗毒
• 刻骨銘心 / 刻骨铭心 (kègǔmíngxīn)
• 刻骨鏤心 / 刻骨镂心
• 剝皮剉骨 / 剥皮剉骨
• 剝皮剔骨 / 剥皮剔骨
• 剔骨 (tīgǔ)
• 勁骨豐肌 / 劲骨丰肌
• 勞什骨子 / 劳什骨子
• 化骨龍 / 化骨龙
• 千金市骨
• 千金買骨 / 千金买骨
• 反骨 (fǎngǔ)
• 咭力骨碌
• 哀毀骨立 / 哀毁骨立 (āihuǐgǔlì)
• 啃骨頭 / 啃骨头 (kěngútóu)
• 坐骨 (zuògǔ, “ischium”)
• 坐骨神經 / 坐骨神经 (zuògǔ shénjīng)
• 埋香骨
• 埋骨
• 執骨 / 执骨
• 塌拉骨
• 天骨
• 奪胎換骨 / 夺胎换骨
• 奴顏媚骨 / 奴颜媚骨 (núyánmèigǔ)
• 如蛆附骨
• 妍皮痴骨
• 媚骨 (mèigǔ)
• 嫩骨頭 / 嫩骨头
• 安骨
• 寒風刺骨 / 寒风刺骨
• 寒風砭骨 / 寒风砭骨
• 小腿骨
• 尺骨 (chǐgǔ, “ulna”)
• 尻骨 (kāogǔ)
• 尾椎骨
• 尾閭骨 / 尾闾骨 (wěilǘgǔ, “coccyx; tailbone”)
• 尾骨 (wěigǔ, “coccyx; tailbone”)
• 尾骶骨 (wěidǐgǔ, “coccyx; tailbone”)
• 屍骨 / 尸骨 (shīgǔ)
• 屍骨早寒 / 尸骨早寒
• 屍骨未寒 / 尸骨未寒 (shīgǔwèihán)
• 屍骨無存 / 尸骨无存
• 崴拉骨
• 建安風骨 / 建安风骨
• 形銷骨立 / 形销骨立
• 德國骨科 / 德国骨科 (Déguó gǔkē)
• 徹骨 / 彻骨 (chègǔ)
• 怨入骨髓
• 急留骨碌
• 怨骨
• 恨之入骨 (hènzhīrùgǔ)
• 恨之切骨 (hènzhīqiègǔ)
• 恨入骨髓 (hènrùgǔsuǐ)
• 恥骨 / 耻骨 (chǐgǔ, “pubis”)
• 情同骨肉
• 情深骨肉
• 情逾骨肉
• 懸梁刺骨
• 懸頭刺骨 / 悬头刺骨
• 懶骨頭 / 懒骨头
• 成骨細胞 / 成骨细胞 (chénggǔxìbāo)
• 戳脊梁骨
• 扇骨子
• 打牙巴骨
• 拋屍露骨 / 抛尸露骨
• 抽筋拔骨
• 抽胎換骨 / 抽胎换骨
• 拾骨
• 指骨 (zhǐgǔ, “phalanx”)
• 拾骨葬 (shígǔzàng)
• 挫骨揚灰 / 挫骨扬灰
• 接骨 (jiēgǔ, “bonesetting”)
• 掌骨 (zhǎnggǔ)
• 排骨 (páigǔ)
• 接骨匠
• 接骨眼兒 / 接骨眼儿
• 揣骨
• 換骨奪胎 / 换骨夺胎
• 揣骨聽聲 / 揣骨听声
• 換骨脫胎 / 换骨脱胎
• 摸骨
• 摸骨相
• 撿骨 / 捡骨 (jiǎngǔ)
• 敲骨吸髓 (qiāogǔ xīsuǐ)
• 暴骨
• 暴骨原野
• 會厭軟骨 / 会厌软骨
• 會咽軟骨 / 会咽软骨
• 有骨氣 / 有骨气
• 有骨頭 / 有骨头
• 村筋俗骨
• 析骨
• 枕骨 (zhěngǔ)
• 析骨以爨
• 析骨而炊
• 柔心弱骨
• 柴毀骨立 / 柴毁骨立
• 柔若無骨 / 柔若无骨
• 枯莖朽骨 / 枯茎朽骨 (kūjīngxiǔgǔ)
• 枸骨
• 枯骨
• 柳骨
• 椎心蝕骨 / 椎心蚀骨
• 椎骨 (zhuīgǔ, “vertebra”)
• 楔骨 (xiēgǔ, “cuneiform bone”)
• 槁骨
• 槌骨濿髓 / 槌骨𪵱髓
• 槁骨腐肉
• 橫骨 / 横骨
• 橈骨 / 桡骨 (“radius”)
• 次骨
• 正骨 (zhènggǔ)
• 歪剌骨
• 歸骨 / 归骨
• 毛開骨悚 / 毛开骨悚
• 毛骨悚然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
• 毛骨森然
• 毛骨森竦
• 毛骨竦然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
• 毛骨聳然 / 毛骨耸然 (máogǔsǒngrán)
• 氣骨 / 气骨
• 沒脊骨 / 没脊骨
• 沒骨 / 没骨
• 沒骨氣 / 没骨气
• 沒骨畫 / 没骨画
• 沒骨花卉 / 没骨花卉
• 沒骨頭 / 没骨头
• 沾親帶骨 / 沾亲带骨
• 洗心換骨 / 洗心换骨
• 深入骨髓
• 淚骨 / 泪骨 (lèigǔ, “lacrimal bone”)
• 渾骨丫髻 / 浑骨丫髻
• 溜骨髓
• 漢魏風骨 / 汉魏风骨
• 澤及枯骨 / 泽及枯骨
• 濁骨凡胎 / 浊骨凡胎
• 灰身粉骨
• 灰軀糜骨 / 灰躯糜骨
• 灼骨
• 炊骨易子
• 炊骨爨骸
• 烏骨雞 / 乌骨鸡 (wūgǔjī, “silky; silkie”)
• 焚骨揚灰 / 焚骨扬灰
• 煎膏炊骨
• 蒸骨驗屍 / 蒸骨验尸
• 父母骨肉
• 牙幫骨 / 牙帮骨
• 特骨
• 犁骨 (lígǔ, “vomer bone”)
• 狗骨頭 / 狗骨头
• 玉骨冰肌
• 琵琶骨 (pípagǔ)
• 環狀軟骨 / 环状软骨 (huánzhuàng ruǎngǔ)
• 生死肉骨
• 甩皮甩骨
• 甩頭甩骨 / 甩头甩骨
• 甲狀軟骨 / 甲状软骨 (jiǎzhuàng ruǎngǔ)
• 甲骨學 / 甲骨学 (jiǎgǔxué)
• 甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén)
• 病骨
• 痛入骨髓
• 痛切心骨
• 痛心入骨
• 痛心刻骨
• 痛楚徹骨 / 痛楚彻骨
• 痛澈骨髓
• 瘦筋巴骨
• 瘦骨如柴
• 瘦骨嶙峋 (shòugǔlínxún)
• 白如枯骨
• 白骨 (báigǔ)
• 白骨松
• 的溜骨碌
• 皮包骨 (píbāogǔ)
• 皮鬆骨癢 / 皮松骨痒
• 皴輪骨 / 皴轮骨
• 直言骨鯁 / 直言骨鲠
• 眉棱骨
• 砧骨 (zhēngǔ, “incus”)
• 砭骨 (biāngǔ)
• 破骨細胞 / 破骨细胞 (pògǔxìbāo)
• 破骨細胞 / 破骨细胞 (pògǔxìbāo)
• 硬骨頭 / 硬骨头
• 硬骨魚 / 硬骨鱼
• 硬骨魚綱 / 硬骨鱼纲
• 碎身粉骨
• 碎骨粉身
• 神清骨秀
• 積毀銷骨 / 积毁销骨
• 窮到骨 / 穷到骨
• 窮骨頭 / 穷骨头
• 筋不束骨
• 筋骨 (jīngǔ)
• 筋骨昂然
• 節骨眼 / 节骨眼
• 節骨眼上 / 节骨眼上
• 節骨眼兒 / 节骨眼儿
• 篩骨 / 筛骨 (shāigǔ, “ethmoid bone”)
• 粉身灰骨
• 粉身碎骨 (fěnshēn-suìgǔ)
• 粉骨碎身 (fěngǔsuìshēn)
• 粘皮帶骨 / 粘皮带骨
• 納骨塔 / 纳骨塔
• 老骨頭 / 老骨头
• 耍骨頭 / 耍骨头
• 耳小骨
• 聽骨 / 听骨
• 肋骨 (lèigǔ, “rib”)
• 肌骨 (jīgǔ)
• 肋骨舉肌 / 肋骨举肌
• 肩胛骨 (jiānjiǎgǔ, “shoulder blade”)
• 股骨 (gǔgǔ, “femur”)
• 肱骨 (gōnggǔ)
• 肢骨 (zhīgǔ)
• 背梁骨
• 胛骨 (jiǎgǔ)
• 脊梁骨
• 脊椎骨 (jǐzhuīgǔ, “vertebra”)
• 胯骨 (kuàgǔ)
• 胸骨 (xiōnggǔ, “sternum; breastbone”)
• 脆骨 (cuìgǔ)
• 胯骨軸兒 / 胯骨轴儿
• 脫胎換骨 / 脱胎换骨 (tuōtāihuàngǔ)
• 脛骨 / 胫骨 (jìnggǔ)
• 腓骨 (féigǔ, “fibula”)
• 腕骨 (wàngǔ)
• 腰骨 (yāogǔ)
• 腸骨 / 肠骨 (chánggǔ)
• 腫骨鹿 / 肿骨鹿
• 腿骨
• 膝蓋骨 / 膝盖骨 (xīgàigǔ, “kneecap”)
• 臁兒骨 / 臁儿骨
• 臉頰骨 / 脸颊骨
• 至親骨肉 / 至亲骨肉
• 舌骨 (shégǔ, “hyoid bone”)
• 蒜瓣骨朵
• 薦骨 / 荐骨 (jiàngǔ)
• 虎骨酒
• 蝴蝶骨
• 蝶骨 (diégǔ, “sphenoid bone”)
• 蝕骨細胞 / 蚀骨细胞 (shígǔxìbāo)
• 行尸走骨
• 親生骨肉 / 亲生骨肉
• 親骨肉 / 亲骨肉 (qīngǔròu)
• 豔骨 / 艳骨
• 貧骨頭 / 贫骨头
• 買骨 / 买骨
• 賊皮賊骨 / 贼皮贼骨
• 賊骨頭 / 贼骨头
• 賤骨頭 / 贱骨头
• 賴骨頑皮 / 赖骨顽皮
• 走骨行屍 / 走骨行尸
• 趾骨 (zhǐgǔ, “phalanx; toe bone”)
• 跗蹠骨
• 距骨 (jùgǔ, “anklebone”)
• 跗骨 (fūgǔ)
• 跟骨 (gēngǔ, “heel bone”)
• 踝子骨 (huáizugǔ)
• 踝骨 (huáigǔ)
• 蹄骨 (tígǔ, “coffin bone”)
• 蹠骨 (zhígǔ)
• 身子骨兒 / 身子骨儿
• 軀幹骨 / 躯干骨
• 軟骨 / 软骨 (ruǎngǔ)
• 軟骨病 / 软骨病
• 軟骨頭 / 软骨头 (ruǎngútou)
• 軟骨魚綱 / 软骨鱼纲 (ruǎngǔyúgāng)
• 輕骨頭 / 轻骨头
• 連皮帶骨 / 连皮带骨
• 透骨
• 透骨酸心
• 過骨 / 过骨
• 道骨仙風 / 道骨仙风
• 銘心刻骨 / 铭心刻骨
• 銘心鏤骨 / 铭心镂骨
• 銅筋鐵骨 / 铜筋铁骨
• 銘肌鏤骨 / 铭肌镂骨
• 銘骨 / 铭骨
• 鋤骨 / 锄骨 (chúgǔ)
• 錘骨 / 锤骨 (chuígǔ, “malleus”)
• 鋼骨 / 钢骨
• 鋼骨水泥 / 钢骨水泥
• 鎖骨 / 锁骨 (suǒgǔ, “clavicle”)
• 鏤心刻骨 / 镂心刻骨
• 鏤骨銘心 / 镂骨铭心
• 鏤骨銘肌 / 镂骨铭肌
• 鐙骨 / 镫骨 (dènggǔ, “stapes”)
• 鐫心銘骨 / 镌心铭骨
• 鐵骨 / 铁骨
• 鐵骨柔情 / 铁骨柔情
• 長骨 / 长骨 (chánggǔ)
• 陰莖骨 / 阴茎骨 (yīnjīnggǔ, “baculum”)
• 雞骨 / 鸡骨 (jīgǔ)
• 雞骨支床 / 鸡骨支床 (jīgǔzhīchuáng)
• 露骨 (lùgǔ)
• 靈骨塔 / 灵骨塔
• 頂陽骨 / 顶阳骨
• 頑皮賴骨 / 顽皮赖骨
• 頭蓋骨 / 头盖骨 (tóugàigǔ, “cranium”)
• 頰骨 / 颊骨 (jiágǔ, “cheekbone”)
• 頭骨 / 头骨 (tóugǔ, “skull”)
• 顏筋柳骨 / 颜筋柳骨
• 顏面骨 / 颜面骨
• 顎骨 / 颚骨 (ègǔ)
• 顏骨柳筋 / 颜骨柳筋
• 顱骨 / 颅骨 (lúgǔ)
• 顳骨 / 颞骨 (niègǔ, “temporal bone”)
• 顴骨 / 颧骨 (quángǔ, “cheekbone”)
• 風骨 / 风骨 (fēnggǔ)
• 風骨峭峻 / 风骨峭峻
• 駿骨 / 骏骨
• 骨刺 (gǔcì)
• 骨力
• 骨化
• 骨原細胞 / 骨原细胞
• 骨嘟
• 骨子 (gǔzi)
• 骨子裡 / 骨子里 (gǔzilǐ)
• 骨學 / 骨学
• 骨岩岩
• 骨崖崖
• 骨幹 / 骨干 (gǔgàn)
• 骨感 (gǔgǎn)
• 骨扇
• 骨折 (gǔzhé)
• 骨朵
• 骨朵兒 / 骨朵儿 (gūduor)
• 骨材
• 骨架 (gǔjià)
• 骨柮
• 骨查臉 / 骨查脸
• 骨格 (gǔgé)
• 骨格不凡
• 骨槽風 / 骨槽风
• 骨殖
• 骨殖匣
• 骨氣 / 骨气
• 骨法
• 骨溜溜
• 骨灰 (gǔhuī)
• 骨灰塔
• 骨灰罈 / 骨灰坛
• 骨炭 (gǔtàn)
• 骨蒸
• 骨蒸癆 / 骨蒸痨
• 骨牌 (gǔpái)
• 骨牌理論 / 骨牌理论
• 骨痂
• 骨痛熱 / 骨痛热 (gǔtòngrè)
• 骨瘦如柴 (gǔshòurúchái)
• 骨瘦如豺 (gǔshòurúchái)
• 骨癌 (gǔ'ái)
• 骨癆 / 骨痨
• 骨盆 (gǔpén)
• 骨盆腔
• 骨盤 / 骨盘 (gǔpán)
• 骨直
• 骨相
• 骨碌 (gūlu)
• 骨碌碌
• 骨碎補 / 骨碎补 (gǔsuìbǔ)
• 骨科 (gǔkē)
• 骨立 (gǔlì)
• 骨笄
• 骨節 / 骨节 (gǔjié)
• 骨粉
• 骨組織 / 骨组织
• 骨細胞 / 骨细胞 (gǔxìbāo)
• 骨結核 / 骨结核
• 骨罈 / 骨坛 (gǔtán)
• 骨肉 (gǔròu)
• 骨肉分離 / 骨肉分离 (gǔròu fēnlí)
• 骨肉各方
• 骨肉團圓 / 骨肉团圆
• 骨肉團圞 / 骨肉团𪢮
• 骨肉情
• 骨肉未寒
• 骨肉相殘 / 骨肉相残
• 骨肉相連 / 骨肉相连
• 骨肉私情
• 骨肉至親 / 骨肉至亲 (gǔròuzhìqīn)
• 骨肉重逢
• 骨肉離散 / 骨肉离散
• 骨肉離異 / 骨肉离异
• 骨肥
• 骨腫瘤 / 骨肿瘤
• 骨膜 (gǔmó)
• 骨膠 / 骨胶
• 骨膜炎
• 骨董 (gǔdǒng)
• 骨董行
• 骨螺
• 骨血
• 骨裡骨碌 / 骨里骨碌
• 骨襯 / 骨衬
• 骨質 / 骨质 (gǔzhì)
• 骨軟筋酥 / 骨软筋酥
• 骨軟筋麻 / 骨软筋麻
• 骨都
• 骨都兒 / 骨都儿
• 骨都都
• 骨間膜 / 骨间膜 (gǔjiānmó)
• 骨頭 / 骨头
• 骨頭兒 / 骨头儿
• 骨頭架子 / 骨头架子
• 骨頭硬 / 骨头硬
• 骨頭骨腦 / 骨头骨脑
• 骨顫肉驚 / 骨颤肉惊
• 骨騰肉飛 / 骨腾肉飞
• 骨骼 (gǔgé)
• 骨骼肌 (gǔgéjī)
• 骨骾 / 骨鲠
• 骨髓 (gǔsuǐ)
• 骨髓炎 (gǔsuǐyán)
• 骨髓移植 (gǔsuǐ yízhí)
• 骨鯁 / 骨鲠 (gǔgěng)
• 骨鯁之臣 / 骨鲠之臣
• 骨鯁在喉 / 骨鲠在喉 (gǔgěngzàihóu)
• 骨齡 / 骨龄 (gǔlíng)
• 骶骨 (dǐgǔ, “sacrum”)
• 骸骨 (háigǔ)
• 髀骨 (bìgǔ)
• 髂骨
• 髕骨 / 髌骨 (bìngǔ)
• 髖骨 / 髋骨 (kuāngǔ)
• 髖骨肌 / 髋骨肌
• 鳥喙骨 / 鸟喙骨 (“coracoid”)
• 鶴骨松姿 / 鹤骨松姿
• 鸛骨 / 鹳骨
• 麻骨
• 鼻骨 (bígǔ)
• 齒骨 / 齿骨 (chǐgǔ, “dentary bone”)
• 齶骨 / 腭骨
• 龍骨 / 龙骨 (lónggǔ)
• 龍骨木 / 龙骨木
• 龍骨車 / 龙骨车

 

Etymology 2

trad.		骨
simp. #		骨
alternative forms		嗗

From English quarter.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwat¹
    • Yale: gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵/

Definitions

骨

1. (Cantonese) quarter of an hour; 15 minutes (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   三點一個骨／三点一个骨 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ dim² jat¹ go³ gwat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  quarter past three

   五點三個骨／五点三个骨 [Cantonese]  ―  ng⁵ dim² saam¹ go³ gwat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  quarter to six (literally three quarters past five)

2. (Cantonese) one fourth; a quarter

Japanese

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 骨

骨

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. skeleton
2. bone

Readings

• Go-on: こち (kochi)^{←こち (koti, historical)}
• Kan-on: こつ (kotsu, Jōyō)^{←こつ (kotu, historical)}
• Kun: ほね (hone, 骨, Jōyō)^{←ほね (fone, ほね, historical)}、かわら (kawara)^{←かはら (kafara, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 鐙(あぶみ)骨(こつ) (abumikotsu), 鐙(とう)骨(こつ) (tōkotsu): stapes
• 陰(いん)茎(けい)骨(こつ) (inkeikotsu): baculum
• 烏(う)喙(かい)骨(こつ) (ukaikotsu): coracoid (bone)
• 烏(う)口(こう)骨(こつ) (ukōkotsu): coracoid (bone)
• 烏(う)骨(こっ)鶏(けい) (ukokkei): silky, silkie (breed of chicken)
• 烏(う)啄(たく)骨(こつ) (utakukotsu): coracoid (bone)
• 顴(かん)骨(こつ) (kankotsu), 顴(けん)骨(こつ) (kenkotsu): cheekbone
• 砧(きぬた)骨(こつ) (kinutakotsu), 砧(ちん)骨(こつ) (chinkotsu): incus
• 胸(きょう)骨(こつ) (kyōkotsu): sternum, breastbone
• 頬(きょう)骨(こつ) (kyōkotsu): cheekbone
• 距(きょ)骨(こつ) (kyokotsu): anklebone
• 鯨(げい)骨(こつ) (geikotsu): whale bone
• 楔(けつ)状(じょう)骨(こつ) (ketsujōkotsu): cuneiform bone
• 肩(けん)甲(こう)骨(こつ) (kenkōkotsu), 肩(けん)胛(こう)骨(こつ) (kenkōkotsu): shoulder blade
• 骨(こっ)格(かく) (kokkaku): skeleton; framework; physique, build
• 骨(こっ)角(かく) (kokkaku): bone and horn; a protruding, horn-like bone
• 骨(こっ)子(し) (kosshi): the gist, the main point
• 骨(こっ)折(せつ) (kossetsu): a bone fracture, a broken bone
• 骨(こっ)頂(ちょう) (kotchō): (metaphorical) the height or pinnacle of something, such as "the height of folly"
• 骨(こっ)董(とう) (kottō): an antique; something ancient and anachronistic, something very old-fashioned
• 骨(こっ)董(とう)品(ひん) (kottōhin): an antique; something ancient and anachronistic, something very old-fashioned
• 骨(こっ)牌(ぱい) (koppai): a certain kind of traditional Japanese playing card; a certain mah-jongg tile depicting animal bones
• 骨(こつ)盤(ばん) (kotsuban): the pelvis
• 鎖(さ)骨(こつ) (sakotsu): clavicle
• 坐(ざ)骨(こつ) (zakotsu): ischium
• 肢(し)骨(こつ) (shikotsu): appendicular bone
• 指(し)骨(こつ) (shikotsu): phalanx
• 趾(し)骨(こつ) (shikotsu): phalanx (toe bone)
• 歯(し)骨(こつ) (shikotsu): dentary bone
• 篩(し)骨(こつ) (shikotsu): ethmoid bone
• 嘴(し)骨(こつ) (shikotsu): rostral bone
• 膝(しつ)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) (shitsugaikotsu): kneecap
• 尺(しゃっ)骨(こつ) (shakkotsu): ulna
• 踵(しょう)骨(こつ) (shōkotsu): heel bone
• 顳(しょう)顬(じゅ)骨(こつ) (shōjukotsu): temporal bone
• 鋤(じょ)骨(こつ) (jokotsu): vomer bone
• 脊(せき)椎(つい)骨(こつ) (sekitsuikotsu): vertebra
• 接(せっ)骨(こつ) (sekkotsu): bonesetting
• 舌(ぜつ)骨(こつ) (zetsukotsu): hyoid bone
• 仙(せん)骨(こつ) (senkotsu): sacrum
• 側(そく)頭(とう)骨(こつ) (sokutōkotsu): temporal bone
• 大(だい)腿(たい)骨(こつ) (daitaikotsu): femur
• 恥(ち)骨(こつ) (chikotsu): pubis
• 蝶(ちょう)形(けい)骨(こつ) (chōkeikotsu): sphenoid bone
• 椎(つい)骨(こつ) (tsuikotsu): vertebra
• 槌(つち)骨(こつ) (tsuchikotsu), 槌(つい)骨(こつ) (tsuikotsu): malleus
• 蹄(てい)骨(こつ) (teikotsu): coffin bone
• 橈(とう)骨(こつ) (tōkotsu): radius
• 頭(とう)骨(こつ) (tōkotsu): skull
• 頭(とう)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) (tōgaikotsu), 頭(ず)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) (zugaikotsu): cranium
• 腓(ひ)骨(こつ) (hikotsu): fibula
• 尾(び)骨(こつ) (bikotsu): coccyx, tailbone
• 尾(び)骶(てい)骨(こつ) (biteikotsu): coccyx, tailbone
• 尾(び)閭(りょ)骨(こつ) (biryokotsu): coccyx, tailbone
• 涙(るい)骨(こつ) (ruikotsu): lacrimal bone
• 肋(ろっ)骨(こつ) (rokkotsu): rib
• 背(せ)骨(ぼね) (sebone): backbone

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

骨

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Bone

Wikipedia

骨 (hone): a bone.

Kanji in this term
骨
ほね Grade: 6
kun'yomi

/pone/ → /ɸone/ → /hone/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pənay.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほね [hònéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ne̞]

Noun

骨(ほね) • (hone) 

1. bone

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
骨
かわら Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
䯊 (rare)

/kapara/ → /kaɸara/ → /kawara/

Probably from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “cup, bowl, skull”). Cognate with 瓦 (kawara, “tile, particularly for roofing or flooring”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ɾa̠]

Noun

骨(かわら) • (kawara) ^{←かはら (kafara)?}

1. (archaic, rare) a bone, particularly a covering bone such as a skull or kneecap

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
骨
こつ Grade: 6
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 骨 (MC kwot, “bone”).

The knack sense comes from the idea of the bones as the innermost core or essence of something.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こつ [kòtsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][3] (remains, ashes)
• (Tokyo) こつ [kòtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1][3] (knack)
• IPA^(key): [ko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

骨(こつ) • (kotsu) 

1. remains, ashes
2. コツ: knack, trick

   ネイルのコツ

   neiru no kotsu

   tricks and tips for doing one's nails

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 骨 (MC kwot).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	고ᇙ〮 (Yale: kwólq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	ᄲᅧ〮 (Yale: spyé)	골〮 (Yale: kwól)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [골]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

骨

Wikisource 骨 (eumhun 뼈 골 (ppyeo gol))

1. hanja form^? of 골 (“bone”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 골자 (骨子, golja)
• 해골 (骸骨, haegol)
• 노골 (露骨, nogol)
• 유골 (遺骨, yugol)
• 골격 (骨格, golgyeok)
• 백골 (白骨, baekgol)
• 연골 (軟骨, yeon'gol)
• 척골 (脊骨, cheokgol)
• 골수 (骨髓, golsu)
• 골절 (骨折, goljeol)
• 흉골 (胸骨, hyunggol)
• 골간 (骨幹, golgan)
• 두개골 (頭蓋骨, dugaegol)
• 음경골 (陰莖骨, eumgyeonggol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Okinawan

Kanji

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Category:Okinawan terms spelled with 骨

骨

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kan-on: くち (kuchi)、くし (kushi)
• Kun: ふに (funi)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pone, from earlier Proto-Japonic *pənay. Cognate with Japanese 骨 (hone, “bone”).

Noun

骨(ふに) (funi) 

1. bone
2. frame (of a sliding paper door, etc)
3. stem, stalk

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 骨 (MC kwot, “bone”).

Noun

骨(くち) or 骨(くし) (kuchi or kushi) 

1. remains, ashes

Vietnamese

Han character

骨: Hán Việt readings: cốt^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
骨: Nôm readings: cốt^[1][2][3], cót^[1][3], cút^[1][3], cọt^[3], gút^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of cốt (“bone (compounds), extracted, condensed”).

Compounds

• 白骨精 (Bạch Cốt Tinh)
• 骨肉 (cốt nhục)
• 骨要 (cốt yếu)
• 骨骼 (cốt cách)
• 骨髓 (cốt tủy/cốt tuỷ)
• 骸骨 (hài cốt)

 

References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
3. Trần (2004).
4. Trần (1999).
5. Nguyễn (1974).
6. Thiều Chửu (1942).