noun

Meanings

  1. 1 bone
  2. 2 skeleton

Examples

HSK 7-9
Gài yǒuzhùyú gǔgé shēngzhǎng.
Calcium helps the skeleton grow.
HSK 7-9
Kūnchóng yǒu wàigǔgé.
Insects have an exoskeleton.

Tips

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

Components

radical
bone
The bone radical on the left gives the meaning directly: this character is about bone.
phonetic
each; every
On the right supplies the sound, shifted from gè to gé. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

Stroke Order