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骸
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body

HSK 10
Human →Body
hái
ガイ、カイ
むくろ
해
Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.
Components
骨 skeleton+ 亥 sign of the hog =
骸 body
骨 Meaning component
gǔ skeleton
bone
亥 Phonetic component
hài sign of the hog
12th terrestrial branch
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Notes
Similar Characters
滑 slippery猾 cunning鶻 a kind of pigeon (iii) (trad)鹘 a kind of pigeon (simp)骯 dirty (iii) (trad)骰 die骱 joint of bones骶 coccyx骷 skeleton骺 tip of a long bone骼 skeleton髀 thigh髁 thigh bone髂 pelvis髅 skeleton (simp)髋 hip (simp)髌 kneecap (simp)髑 skull (alt)髒 dirty (trad)髓 marrow
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
骸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
骸 [hái]
bones of the body
Japanese
躯 、 骸 、 身 むくろ 同音
noun (dead) body; corpse
殻 、 骸 (rare) から 同音
noun shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
飲み物はヤシの実の殻に入れてあった。
The drinks were served in coconut shells.
Japanese Names
骸 かいしゅう
Kaishuu unclassified name
骸 かいじ
Kaiji unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (11)
残骸 [cán​hái] #8,007
remains
残骸 [cán​hái] #8,007
remains
遗骸 [yí​hái] #17,177
(dead) human remains
遗骸 [yí​hái] #17,177
(dead) human remains
骸骨 [hái​gǔ] #20,157
skeleton
尸骸 [shī​hái] #36,169
corpse
尸骸 [shī​hái] #36,169
corpse
放浪形骸 [fàng​làng​xíng​hái] #42,986
to abandon all restraint (idiom)
土木形骸 [tǔ​mù​xíng​hái] #75,405
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
形骸 [xíng​hái]
the human body
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JAPANESE WORDS (15)
⭐ 身 [み] #662
one's body
残骸 [ざんがい] #8,621
ruins
死骸 [しがい] #9,156
(dead) body
⭐ 殻 [から] #9,445
shell
頭蓋骨 [ずがいこつ] #13,552
skull
⭐ 亡骸 [なきがら] #13,908
remains
⭐ 骸骨 [がいこつ] #14,877
skeleton
遺骸 [いがい] #28,514
remains
形骸化 [けいがいか] #45,308
becoming a mere shell
形骸 [けいがい] #61,929
(soulless) body
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
해골 #36,337
skeleton
잔해
remains