骼 gé bone
bone; skeleton
How to remember 骼: 骨 bone + 各 each = bone. The teacher hands out plastic bones, one to each student, and by the end of class they have built a whole bone.
Component breakdown
骼 = 骨 bone + 各 each
- 骨 bone
- 各 each
- 夂 pursue
- 口 mouth
The teacher hands out plastic bones, one to each student, and by the end of class they have built a whole bone.
How it is used
- Bound bone character; effectively only appears in 骨骼 (gǔgé) the skeleton / bone structure - 骨骼强壮 (gǔgé qiángzhuàng) strong bones.
- Note the split from 骨头 (gǔtou, a bone as an object): 骨骼 is the whole skeletal framework, an anatomical/medical term.
- You won't meet 骼 outside this compound.