骨 Radical 188 — bone; a skeleton, character, backbone
gǔ (third tone, dipping)
bone; a skeleton, character, backbone
Radical 18810 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A bone joint, its socket or marrow cavity shown at the top, set above 肉, flesh, the meat radical worn down to 月 — bone shown together with what covers it. It names the bone itself in 骨头 and 骨折, a fracture, and extends, the way English speaks of backbone, to 骨气, moral integrity, the inner structure of a person’s character.
characters filed under 骨
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