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骼

gé
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 bone
  2. 2 skeleton

Examples

HSK 7-9
钙有助于骨骼生长。
Gài yǒuzhùyú gǔgé shēngzhǎng.
Calcium helps the skeleton grow.
HSK 7-9
昆虫有外骨骼。
Kūnchóng yǒu wàigǔgé.
Insects have an exoskeleton.

Tips

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

骼 gé