骼 (gé): bone

Meanings

钙有助于骨骼生长。

Gài yǒuzhùyú gǔgé shēngzhǎng.

Calcium helps the skeleton grow.

昆虫有外骨骼。

Kūnchóng yǒu wàigǔgé.

Insects have an exoskeleton.

usage

骼 appears almost only in 骨骼 (skeleton, the bone framework of the body), a standard term in biology and health.

radical

骨 gǔ

bone

The bone radical 骨 on the left gives the meaning directly: this character is about bone.

phonetic

各 gè

each; every

On the right 各 supplies the sound, shifted from gè to gé. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

骼 gé