Hanja Analyzer
髏

髏 — ru

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
해굴 루
Romanization
ru
English
skull; skeleton
Mandarin
lóu
Japanese on'yomi
ロウ, ロ, ル
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Radical
骨 (188, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
婁(루)
Unicode
U+9ACF

Parts that make up 髏

  • 骨 뼈 골 살 붙은 뼈마디뼈와 몸의 틀
  • 婁 끌 루sound 본래 뜻이 분명하지 않다‘루’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 髏

  • 髑髏ドクロ skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
  • がしゃ髑髏がしゃどくろ gashadokuro (mythical giant skeleton monster)

Characters sharing the phonetic 婁

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 “루” in Korean.

Other hanja read “루”

Other hanja with radical 骨

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