Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 骨


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Meaning

skeleton, bone

Pronunciation

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

Bones are covered with flesh and form the skeleton.

Radicals

bone
meat(and body parts)
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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)

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