骸

hái
noun #29,083

Meanings

  1. 1 bones of the body
  2. 2 skeleton
  3. 3 remains

Examples

HSK 6
Kǎogǔxuéjiā fāxiàn le gǔdài rénlèi de háigǔ.
Archaeologists discovered ancient human skeletal remains.
HSK 7-9
Zhànchǎng shàng liúxià le wúshù yīngxióng de bái hái.
The battlefield was left with the skeletal remains of countless heroes.

Tips

usage
骸 rarely appears alone in modern Chinese. It is most commonly seen in the compound 骸骨 (skeleton/remains) or the literary phrase 形骸 (physical body/carnal form).

Components

radical
骨 gǔ
bone
Bone radical on the left, the indexing component. It pictures a skull-and-spine joint above a slab of meat below, and groups 骸 with the skeletal family: 骷 skull, 髅 skull, 髓 marrow, 骼 bones. Anywhere 骨 sits on the left, expect anatomy.
phonetic
亥 hài
the last earthly branch (12th)
Right side 亥 hài supplies the sound with a small tone shift hài → hái. The same phonetic powers a tight family: 孩 child, 该 ought, 咳 cough, 核 kernel, 刻 carve - recognising 亥 here is the fastest way to lock in the hái reading.

Stroke Order

骸 hái