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Translingual
Han character
骸 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜女人 (BBYVO), four-corner 70282, composition ⿰骨亥)
- skeleton, body
- leg bone
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1448, character 50
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45164
- Dae Jaweon: page 1975, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4412, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9AB8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 該
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*kɯː
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| 垓
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*kɯː
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| 賅
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*kɯː
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| 陔
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*kɯː
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| 豥
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*kɯː, *ɡɯː
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| 荄
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*kɯː, *krɯː
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| 郂
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*kɯː
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| 姟
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*kɯː
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| 絯
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*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
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| 晐
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*kɯː
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| 峐
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*kɯː
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| 侅
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*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
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| 胲
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*kɯː
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| 頦
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*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
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| 奒
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*kʰɯː
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| 輆
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*kʰɯːʔ
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| 欬
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*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
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| 硋
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*ŋɡɯːɡs
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| 閡
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*ŋɡɯːɡs
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| 咳
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*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
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| 孩
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*ɡɯː
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| 亥
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*ɡɯːʔ
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| 劾
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*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
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| 痎
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*krɯː
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| 烗
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*kʰrɯːɡs
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| 骸
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*ɡrɯː
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| 駭
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*ɡrɯːʔ
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| 刻
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*kʰɯːɡ
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| 餩
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*qɯːɡ
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| 核
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*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ
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Etymology
Possibly related to 核 (OC *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ, “kernel; seed”) (Schuessler, 2007; Smith, 2011). See there for further etymology.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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骸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hái
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hɛj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁrə/
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| English
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bones, skeleton
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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骸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4835
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Phonetic
component
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亥
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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諧
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡrɯː/
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Definitions
骸
- skeleton; bones (particularly of a dead person)
- shinbone
- body
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
骸
(Jōyō kanji)
- corpse
Readings
Etymology
From Old Japanese. Compound of 身 (mu, “body”, bound form of standalone mi) + くろ (kuro). The derivation of the kuro element is uncertain, but it might be an alteration or ancient form of 幹 (kara, “trunk, main part”).[1]
Noun
骸 • (mukuro)
- corpse
Synonyms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 骸 (MC heaj).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
骸 (eumhun 뼈 해 (ppyeo hae))
- hanja form? of 해 (“corpse; body”)
- hanja form? of 해 (“bone”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
骸: Hán Nôm readings: hài
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