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骨
gǔ
1. bone
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

骨
gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

头骨
tóugǔ
skull
骨器
gǔqì
bone tool (archaeology)
软骨
ruǎngǔ
cartilage
顶骨
dǐnggǔ
parietal bone (top of the scull)
风骨
fēnggǔ
strength of character
骨化
gǔhuà
to ossify
腓骨
féigǔ
fibula
踝骨
huáigǔ
ankle bone
镫骨
dènggǔ
stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear
露骨
lùgǔ
blatant
胫骨
jìnggǔ
tibia
颧骨
quángǔ
zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
骨刻
gǔkè
carving in bone
骨力
gǔlì
strength
肱骨
gōnggǔ
humerus
砭骨
biāngǔ
to be extremely cold or painful
虎骨
hǔgǔ
tiger bone (used in TCM)
蝶骨
diégǔ
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
遗骨
yígǔ
(dead) human remains
锁骨
suǒgǔ
collarbone

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,035
Word Frequency Rank
1,649 of 84,292
Radical Number
188

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