骨 – skeleton, bone, remains

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#936 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 骨 means skeleton, bone, remains, frame. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コツ (kotsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほね (hone). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 骨 (no. 188).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コツ	kotsu
Kun’yomi	ほね	hone

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 骨 (Kangxi radical 188). Components: 月・冖・冂.

Words using 骨

骨ほねbone骨折こっせつbone fracture露骨ろこつopen骨董品こっとうひんcurio

Example sentences

骨が完全にくっつくには１ヶ月くらいはかかるだろう。

It'll take the bone a month or so to set completely.

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右腕を骨折したようです。

I think my right arm is broken.

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露骨に嫌な顔をして、彼を睨みつけた。

I glared at him with a blatant look of disapproval on my face.

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