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骨

JLPT N2 SL6 10 strokes Frequency: #936

Meanings

Skeleton, Bone, Remains, Frame

Radicals

骨

Decomposition

⿵冎⺼

Etymology

Ideographic: Flesh ⺼ and bones 冎

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 corner right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner left-to-right

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コツ kotsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほね hone

Words Using This Kanji

319 words total

Other (20 words)

馬の骨うまのほね

person of doubtful origin

shoulder blade

rebellious spirit

rebellious spirit

parietal bone

one's innate character

真骨頂しんこっちょう

one's true worth

椎骨ついこつ

vertebra

親骨おやぼね

outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)

coccyx

ulna

small bones

adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.)

bonesetting

eccentric

ossuary

wooden frame

man of principle

osteopath

ossification

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