骨
gǔ
#1,034 most
frequent character
bone
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
骨 combines 冎 guǎ, which means bones and also supplies sound, with ⺝, a form of 月 meaning meat or body parts. It first meant bone, the hard material muscle attaches to. From that it grew to skeleton.
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