Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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
 
The skeleton at the tomb stone: a skeleton.

Radicals

骨 bone
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
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 Vocabulary

 骷髅  kū lóu  human skeleton; human skull
 骷髅  kū lóu  

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