Hanja Analyzer
骨

骨 — gol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
뼈 골
Romanization
gol
English
bone; skeleton; frame, framework; Kangxi radical 188
Mandarin
gǔ
Japanese on'yomi
コツ, クチ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほね
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#936 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
骨 (188, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+9AA8

How 骨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 骨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 冎, 肉.

Korean example words with 骨

  • 우골牛骨 Korean gloss: 소의 뼈
  • 돈골豚骨 Korean gloss: 돼지의 뼈
  • 골절骨折 Korean gloss: 뼈가 부러짐
  • 절골折骨 Korean gloss: 뼈가 부러짐
  • 골표骨表 Korean gloss: 얼굴의 생김새
  • 악골顎骨 Korean gloss: 턱을 이루는 뼈
  • 천골賤骨 Korean gloss: 천하게 생긴 사람
  • 기골氣骨 Korean gloss: 건장하고 튼튼한 체격
  • 귀골貴骨 Korean gloss: 귀하게 될 사람의 골격
  • 골간骨幹 Korean gloss: 기본적이며 핵심적인 부분
  • 모골毛骨 Korean gloss: 털과 뼈를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 골육骨肉 Korean gloss: 부자, 형제 등의 육친(肉親)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 骨

  • 骨ほね bone; frame; outline
  • 骨髄こつずい bone marrow; medulla; heart's core
  • 遺骨いこつ cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
  • 骨格こっかく skeleton; skeletal structure; build
  • 骨子こっし main point; gist; essentials
  • 鉄骨てっこつ steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
  • 骨折こっせつ bone fracture
  • 露骨ろこつ open; unconcealed; undisguised
  • 骨抜きほねぬき boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.)
  • 人骨じんこつ human bones
  • 散骨さんこつ scattering of ashes (cremated remains)
  • 背骨せぼね spine; backbone; spinal column

Characters sharing the phonetic 骨

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “골” in Korean.

Other hanja read “골”

Other hanja with radical 骨

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