bone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
骨 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

bone

各 sound component

  Sound component

  

each

Evolution

骼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
骼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bone; skeleton; corpse

Most common words with 骼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骨骼

bones

skeleton

骨骼肌

striated muscle

外骨骼

exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)