Memory phrase for the character: 骨

骨

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Meaning

skeleton, bone

Pronunciation

 gǔ

Explanation

 From top: bone (pictograph of a vertebra), cover 冖, body/flesh 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
Bones are covered with flesh and form the skeleton.

Radicals

骨 bone
肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
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 Vocabulary

骨干 gǔ gàn  diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
骨烬 gǔ jìn  bones and ashes; remains (after Buddhist cremation)
外骨骼 wài gǔ gé  exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
骨骼肌 gǔ gé jī  striated muscle
骨骼 gǔ gé  bones; skeleton
肋骨 lèi gǔ  rib
颅骨 dú lóu  skull (of a dead body)
冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ  dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
骨髓 gǔ suǐ  bone marrow (medulla ossea)
骸骨 hái gǔ  skeleton; skeletal remains
枕骨 zhěn gǔ  occipital bone (back of the skull)
枕骨 zhěn gǔ  

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