Chinese Character 骷 Meanings and components.

Form

骷

Meaning

骷 meaning[3] in English

Skeleton.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 骷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bone (骨) , and surname Gu (古)

Its radical[1] is: 骨 (gu3) which means: Bone, .骨gu3bone

In cangjie it is written with BBJR

How to write 骷

To write骷ku1skeleton you should write a combination of 骨gu3bone , 古gu3surname Gu arranged in a 吅 shape:

骨 + 古 = 骷

骷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 骷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 骷, looks as follow:

骷
Pinyin:ku1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Skeleton
骨
Pinyin:gu3
Meaning[3]: Bone
冎
Pinyin:gua3 Shape:一
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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