Memory phrase for the character: 骷
骷
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Meaning
skeleton, human skull
Pronunciation
kū
Explanation
Left: skeleton 骨 (image of a vertebra, cover 冖, body/flesh 月), right: old 古 (originally: a skull, but it's better to imagine a tomb stone)
Mnemonic
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The skeleton at the tomb stone: a skeleton.
Radicals
骨
bone
古
ancient, old, former Originally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
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Vocabulary
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骷髅
kū lóu
human skeleton; human skull
骷髅
kū lóu