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骨 = 月 + 冎

骨 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “skeleton”. It is built from 月 (month) and 冎 (joint). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1383. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword
skeleton
RTK frame
1383
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
скелет, bone
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
骨 bone

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 冎 joint

Alternative decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 冖 cover
  3. 冂 border

Characters that contain 骨

How to find 骨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “joint”. 骨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 骨 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.