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骸

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bones of the body

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Strokes
15
Radical
骨 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
骸
Common rank
#3,435
Unicode
U+9AB8

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Formation & memory

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How 骸 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

骨 meaning “bone” + 亥 sound ( hài )

Components 骨 亥

Words with 骸

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WordPinyinMeaning
土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
放浪形骸 fàng làng xíng hái to abandon all restraint (idiom)
形骸 xíng hái the human body; skeleton
骨骸 gǔ hái bones; skeleton
骸骨 hái gǔ skeleton; skeletal remains
遗骸 yí hái (dead) human remains
残骸 cán hái remains; wreckage
尸骸 shī hái corpse; skeleton

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 亥 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
亥 sound part hài 12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations
核 hé core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
刻 kè to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
孩 hái baby, child; children
该 gāi should, ought to, must
骇 hài to terrify, to shock, to frighten
咳 hāi to cough
颏 kē chin
赅 gāi to include; to prepare for
劾 hé to look into; to impeach, to charge
氦 hài helium
垓 gāi border, boundary, frontier
阂 hé separated, blocked; to prevent, to block
胲 hǎi hydroxylamine
陔 gāi ledge, step, terrace; slope