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骨
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(Bushou)		 骨
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Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 冎月
Prononciation
Mandarin gǔ
Entry Methods
Pinyin gu3
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Sijiao 7722.7
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骨 gǔ bone
Results beginning with 骨
骨头 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
骨干 gǔ gàn diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
骨骼 gǔ gé bones / skeleton
骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
骨髓 gǔ suǐ bone marrow
骨架 gǔ jià framework / skeleton
骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood
骨灰 gǔ huī bone ash / cremation ashes / cremains
骨科 gǔ kē orthopedics / orthopedic surgery
骨气 gǔ qì unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone
骨盆 gǔ pén pelvis
骨病 gǔ bìng osteopathy
骨牌 gǔ pái dominoes
骨节 gǔ jié joint (of the skeleton)
骨刺 gǔ cì spur / bony outgrowth
骨粉 gǔ fěn bone meal
骨子 gǔ zi ribs / frame
骨料 gǔ liào aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土)
骨骸 gǔ hái bones / skeleton
骨化 gǔ huà to ossify / ossification
骨膜 gǔ mó periosteum (membrane covering bone)
骨瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)
骨力 gǔ lì (Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes / fortitude / toughness / spine
骨董 gǔ dǒng variant of 古董[gu3 dong3]
骨朵 gǔ duǒ club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud
骨法 gǔ fǎ bone structure and physiognomy / the strength observed in brushstrokes (Chinese calligraphy)
骨感 gǔ gǎn bony / skinny
骨鲠 gǔ gěng fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker
骨骺 gǔ hóu (anatomy) epiphysis
骨烬 gǔ jìn bones and ashes / remains (after Buddhist cremation)
骨刻 gǔ kè carving in bone
骨立 gǔ lì (literary) emaciated / bony
骨裂 gǔ liè bone fracture / (of a bone) to fracture
骨瘤 gǔ liú osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material)
骨碌 gū lu to roll rapidly / to spin / Taiwan pr. [gu2lu5]
骨盘 gǔ pán pelvis (Tw)
骨片 gǔ piàn spicule
骨器 gǔ qì bone tool (archaeology)
骨殖 gǔ shi skeletal remains / Taiwan pr. [gu3 zhi2]
骨罈 gǔ tán urn
骨炭 gǔ tàn bone black / animal charcoal
骨坛 gǔ tán urn
骨血 gǔ xuè flesh and blood / one's offspring
骨针 gǔ zhēn spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
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骨子里 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level
骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé box for bone ashes / funerary casket
骨碌碌 gǔ lù lù (onom.) rolling around / spinning / also spoken pr. [gu3 lu1 lu1]
骨碌碌 gū lù lù (onom.) rolling around / spinning / also pr. [gu1 lu1 lu1] / Taiwan pr. [gu2 lu4 lu5]
骨髓炎 gǔ suǐ yán osteomyelitis
骨胶原 gǔ jiāo yuán collagen (protein)
骨骼肌 gǔ gé jī striated muscle
骨盆炎  pelvic inflammatory disease
骨顶鸡 gǔ dǐng jī (bird species of China) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
骨都都 gǔ dōu dōu (onom.) for plopping sound
骨肥厚 gǔ féi hòu hyperostosis (abnormal thickening of bone)
骨灰龛 gǔ huī kān columbarium
骨盆底 gǔ pén dǐ pelvic floor (anatomy)
骨髓腔 gǔ suǐ qiāng (anatomy) medullary cavity / marrow cavity of a bone
骨质疏松 gǔ zhì shū sōng osteoporosis
骨髓移植 gǔ suǐ yí zhí (medicine) bone marrow transplant
骨关节炎 gǔ guān jié yán osteoarthritis
骨头架子 gǔ tou jià zi skeleton / skinny person / a mere skeleton
骨鲠在喉 gǔ gěng zài hóu fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
骨鲠之臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom) / fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
骨肉相残 gǔ ròu xiāng cán close kindred slaughter one another (idiom) / internecine strife
骨肉相连 gǔ ròu xiāng lián lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined
骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom)
骨瘦如豺 gǔ shòu rú chái variant of 骨瘦如柴[gu3 shou4 ru2 chai2]
骨头节儿 gǔ tou jié r joint (of the skeleton)
骨干人员  skeletal staff / skeleton staff
骨干网路 gǔ gàn wǎng lù backbone network
骨密度仪 gǔ mì duó yí bone densitometer
骨牌效应 gǔ pái xiào yìng domino effect / ripple effect
骨痛热症 gǔ tòng rè zhèng Dengue fever / breakbone fever
骨质疏松症 gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng osteoporosis
骨折固定术  fracture immobilization
骨折清创术  fracture debridement
骨折固定器具  fracture fixation set / external fixateur set
骨髓增生异常综合征 gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Approximate Results for 骨
排骨 pái gǔ pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person
筋骨 jīn gǔ muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage
白骨 bái gǔ bones of the dead
刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
肋骨 lèi gǔ rib
尸骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead
龙骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
露骨 lù gǔ blatant / unsubtle / frank / (of sex, violence etc) explicit
头骨 tóu gǔ skull
软骨 ruǎn gǔ cartilage
刻骨 kè gǔ ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
锁骨 suǒ gǔ collarbone / clavicle
彻骨 chè gǔ to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree
颧骨 quán gǔ zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
鱼骨 yú gǔ fish bone
骸骨 hái gǔ skeleton / skeletal remains
傲骨 ào gǔ lofty and unyielding character
风骨 fēng gǔ strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy)
颅骨 lú gǔ skull (of a dead body)
胸骨 xiōng gǔ sternum / breastbone
遗骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains
脊骨 jǐ gǔ backbone
耻骨 chǐ gǔ pubis / pubic bone
胫骨 jìng gǔ tibia / shinbone
甲骨 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC) / oracle bones
椎骨 zhuī gǔ vertebra
股骨 gǔ gǔ femur
正骨 zhèng gǔ bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
尾骨 wěi gǔ coccyx / tailbone
肱骨 gōng gǔ humerus
虎骨 hǔ gǔ tiger bone (used in TCM)
坐骨 zuò gǔ ischium
腓骨 féi gǔ fibula / calf bone
枕骨 zhěn gǔ occipital bone (back of the skull)
踝骨 huái gǔ ankle bone / ankle
额骨 é gǔ frontal bone (forehead)
胯骨 kuà gǔ hip bone
髋骨 kuān gǔ hip bone
桡骨 ráo gǔ radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
掌骨 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
尺骨 chǐ gǔ ulna (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
髂骨 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle)
背骨 bèi gǔ spine
扁骨 biǎn gǔ flat bone
砭骨 biān gǔ to be extremely cold or painful
鼻骨 bí gǔ nasal bone
髌骨 bìn gǔ kneecap / patella
卜骨 bǔ gǔ oracle bone
成骨 chéng gǔ bone formation / osteogenesis
锤骨 chuí gǔ malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
镫骨 dèng gǔ stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear
蝶骨 dié gǔ sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
骶骨 dǐ gǔ (anatomy) sacrum
顶骨 dǐng gǔ parietal bone (top of the scull)
反骨 fǎn gǔ (physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
佛骨 fó gǔ Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
枸骨 gǒu gǔ Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
横骨 héng gǔ pubic bone
荐骨 jiàn gǔ (anatomy) sacrum
捡骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
交骨 jiāo gǔ pubic bone
尻骨 kāo gǔ coccyx / tailbone at end of spine
犁骨 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
朦骨 Méng gǔ (archaic) Mongol
颞骨 niè gǔ temporal bone / os temporale
筛骨 shāi gǔ ethmoid bone (cheek)
听骨 tīng gǔ ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨
腰骨 yāo gǔ lumbar vertebrae
砧骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
跖骨 zhí gǔ metatarsal bones / metatarsus
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甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
白骨精 bái gǔ jīng White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
节骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
头盖骨 tóu gài gǔ skull / cranium
主心骨 zhǔ xīn gǔ backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
一骨碌 yī gū lu with a rolling or twisting movement / in a single movement / in one breath
肩胛骨 jiān jiǎ gǔ scapula / shoulder blade
脊椎骨 jǐ zhuī gǔ vertebra
脊梁骨 jǐ liang gǔ backbone
乌骨鸡 wū gǔ jī black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
贱骨头 jiàn gǔ tou miserable wretch / contemptible individual
软骨病 ruǎn gǔ bìng chondropathy (medicine)
膝盖骨 xī gài gǔ kneecap
肉骨粉 ròu gǔ fěn meat
懒骨头 lǎn gǔ tou lazybones / beanbag
白骨顶 bái gǔ dǐng coot
鼻甲骨 bí jiǎ gǔ turbinate / nasal concha
锤骨柄 chuí gǔ bǐng manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 / to tympanum 鼓膜
佛骨塔 fó gǔ tǎ stupa (Buddhist shrine)
氟骨病 fú gǔ bìng see 氟骨症[fu2 gu3 zheng4]
氟骨症 fú gǔ zhèng osteofluorosis / skeletal fluorosis
红骨髓 hóng gǔ suǐ red bone marrow / hematopoietic marrow
花骨朵 huā gǔ duo (coll.) flower bud
黄骨髓 huáng gǔ suǐ yellow bone marrow
接骨木 jiē gǔ mù elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus)
老骨头 lǎo gǔ tou weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
老戏骨 lǎo xì gǔ (dialect) veteran actor / old trouper
连骨肉 lián gǔ ròu chop / rib meat
灵骨塔 líng gǔ tǎ columbarium
龙骨瓣 lóng gǔ bàn (botany) carina / keel (of a papilionaceous flower)
龙骨车 lóng gǔ chē water wheel
纳骨塔 nà gǔ tǎ columbarium
排骨精 pái gǔ jīng (jocular) anorexic girl / a bag of bones
琵琶骨 pí pa gǔ (old) scapula
肉骨茶 ròu gǔ chá bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore
软骨头 ruǎn gǔ tou weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
软骨鱼 ruǎn gǔ yú cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
上颌骨 shàng hé gǔ maxilla (upper jaw)
身子骨 shēn zi gǔ posture / upright posture
听骨链 tīng gǔ liàn chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
听小骨 tīng xiǎo gǔ ossicles (of the middle ear) / three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨
外骨骼 wài gǔ gé exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
尾闾骨 wěi lu:2 gǔ coccyx
下颔骨 xià hàn gǔ lower jawbone / mandible
下颌骨 xià hé gǔ lower jaw / mandible
迎佛骨 yíng fó gǔ to ceremonially receive a bone relic of the Buddha
硬骨头 yìng gǔ tou resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
硬骨鱼 Yìng gǔ yú bony fishes / Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)
刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
毛骨悚然 máo gǔ sǒng rán to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
脱胎换骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life
坐骨神经 zuò gǔ shén jīng sciatic nerve
瘦骨嶙峋 shòu gǔ lín xún skinny / emaciated (idiom)
伤筋动骨 shāng jīn dòng gǔ to suffer serious injury (idiom)
恨之入骨 hèn zhī rù gǔ to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
镌骨铭心 juān gǔ míng xīn etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
镌心铭骨 juān xīn míng gǔ etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
刻骨相思 kè gǔ xiāng sī deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
铭心刻骨 míng xīn kè gǔ lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
铭心镂骨 míng xīn lòu gǔ engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
粘皮带骨 nián pí dài gǔ (old) (idiom) muddled / indecisive / plodding
切骨之仇 qiè gǔ zhī chóu bitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone
情同骨肉 qíng tóng gǔ ròu as close as flesh and bones (idiom) / deep friendship
情逾骨肉 qíng yú gǔ ròu feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / deep friendship
柔情侠骨 róu qíng xiá gǔ gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
生死肉骨 shēng sǐ ròu gǔ lit. the dead returning to life / a miracle (idiom)
冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried
寻找骸骨  recovery of human remains
安放龙骨  keel laying
哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)
残留胫骨 cán liú jìng gǔ tibial stump
戳脊梁骨 chuō jǐ liang gǔ to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
丁骨牛排 dīng gǔ niú pái T-bone steak
钢骨水泥 gāng gǔ shuǐ ní reinforced concrete
寒风刺骨 hán fēng cì gǔ bone chilling wind (idiom)
黑骨胧东 hēi gu lōng dōng variant of 黑咕隆咚[hei1 gu5 long1 dong1]
骺软骨板 hóu ruǎn gǔ bǎn epiphyseal plate / growth plate (bone)
甲骨文字 jiǎ gǔ wén zì oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
甲状软骨 jiǎ zhuàng ruǎn gǔ (anatomy) thyroid cartilage
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