髅
lóu

skull

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 髏.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

髏 skull Traditional

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroː

說文解字

《說文》：“髏，髑髏也。从骨，婁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)