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髅

髏
lóu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 骷髅 / 髑髅) skeleton; skull

Examples

HSK 7-9
警示牌上画着一个狰狞的骷髅。
Jǐngshìpái shang huà zhe yí ge zhēngníng de kūlóu.
A grinning skull was painted on the warning sign.
HSK 7-9
古诗借荒野的髑髅感叹人生无常。
Gǔshī jiè huāngyě de dúlóu gǎntàn rénshēng wúcháng.
The old poem uses a bleached skull to lament the impermanence of life.

Tips

usage
髅 is a bound character with no standalone use. It appears only in 骷髅 (everyday 'skeleton/skull') and the more literary 髑髅 ('skull').

Components

radical
骨 gǔ
bone
骨 is the bone radical. The word names a frame of dry bones, so the bone radical directly supplies the meaning.
phonetic
娄 lóu
phonetic
娄 supplies the sound lóu directly. It belongs to a wide phonetic family (楼, 搂, 篓) and adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

髅 lóu