Read Edit View history Discussion 骨 gǔgū HSK4 bone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a bone (冎) with a muscle (肉) attached to it. Pinyin Separate values with commas gǔ ×gú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 骨 Simp strokes 骨 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Deceptively similar but unrelated to 月. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 骨 Simp strokes 骨 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 骨 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 325, 771 ], [ 361, 736 ], [ 366, 720 ], [ 383, 550 ], [ 386, 535 ], [ 399, 527 ] ], [ [ 398, 753 ], [ 412, 742 ], [ 625, 795 ], [ 646, 788 ], [ 672, 767 ], [ 676, 761 ], [ 650, 593 ], [ 646, 577 ], [ 624, 556 ] ], [ [ 404, 626 ], [ 414, 638 ], [ 427, 636 ], [ 437, 645 ], [ 449, 643 ], [ 476, 654 ], [ 502, 655 ], [ 515, 648 ], [ 526, 634 ], [ 517, 557 ], [ 500, 547 ] ], [ [ 187, 516 ], [ 198, 486 ], [ 194, 462 ], [ 151, 370 ], [ 147, 319 ] ], [ [ 228, 486 ], [ 240, 474 ], [ 252, 473 ], [ 462, 514 ], [ 739, 553 ], [ 796, 556 ], [ 822, 549 ], [ 844, 528 ], [ 849, 513 ], [ 774, 428 ] ], [ [ 358, 411 ], [ 388, 382 ], [ 392, 288 ], [ 382, 184 ], [ 370, 103 ], [ 350, 29 ], [ 346, -23 ] ], [ [ 422, 373 ], [ 434, 383 ], [ 531, 404 ], [ 595, 426 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561 289 Q 551 302 527 306 Q 490 309 411 276 C 383 265 379 255 409 252 Z", "M 401 151 Q 407 150 418 151 Q 494 163 551 169 Q 573 173 565 185 Q 555 198 531 203 Q 497 207 403 175 C 375 165 371 154 401 151 Z" ] } 9 strokes 骨 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 318, 776 ], [ 364, 729 ], [ 391, 508 ] ], [ [ 388, 749 ], [ 624, 796 ], [ 679, 767 ], [ 633, 543 ] ], [ [ 525, 657 ], [ 638, 677 ] ], [ [ 479, 667 ], [ 511, 640 ], [ 506, 529 ] ], [ [ 185, 523 ], [ 195, 465 ], [ 138, 309 ] ], [ [ 214, 479 ], [ 792, 558 ], [ 840, 539 ], [ 882, 487 ], [ 772, 427 ] ], [ [ 352, 416 ], [ 389, 377 ], [ 386, 232 ], [ 354, 90 ], [ 294, -37 ] ], [ [ 412, 384 ], [ 593, 427 ], [ 643, 394 ], [ 651, 32 ], [ 621, -16 ], [ 514, 39 ] ], [ [ 424, 305 ], [ 533, 286 ], [ 567, 259 ] ], [ [ 400, 155 ], [ 452, 138 ], [ 608, 234 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M388,756C344,788 297,796 316,760C334,724 353,642 369,513C371,500 407,506 407,519C400,615 395,679 398,723C398,734 397,749 388,756Z", "M669,558C677,654 696,718 724,750C734,764 734,778 723,788C711,798 685,808 649,822C635,827 622,825 608,818C556,795 482,775 388,756C377,754 387,721 398,723C493,745 558,759 590,765C646,778 636,729 634,693C633,672 633,672 632,661C629,621 624,584 618,550C615,533 669,541 669,558Z", "M526,666C551,677 616,701 634,693C645,691 642,663 632,661C603,655 565,645 538,639C528,637 517,662 526,666Z", "M497,532C493,608 489,633 478,652C455,689 505,673 526,666C535,662 538,649 538,639C537,610 533,577 531,537C531,526 497,521 497,532Z", "M220,492C212,508 204,518 197,523C183,533 175,529 176,510C176,490 170,463 147,430C124,400 111,380 114,366C117,344 123,328 131,315C141,298 154,298 167,317C178,335 187,358 196,384C205,414 212,438 220,456C224,467 225,481 220,492Z", "M220,456C232,450 247,449 263,453C349,479 486,504 672,528C732,536 769,542 786,536C798,533 803,523 803,518C802,516 792,489 769,439C759,420 770,414 793,429C831,455 865,473 897,482C921,490 934,499 934,503C933,512 907,533 858,568C843,580 829,583 813,580C768,575 720,566 669,558C635,553 635,553 618,550C606,549 570,543 531,537C508,534 508,534 497,532C458,527 421,522 407,519C382,515 382,515 369,513C354,511 259,497 220,492C208,490 209,460 220,456Z", "M416,396C373,433 337,434 347,406C390,281 342,86 290,-25C279,-46 297,-47 308,-34C422,119 412,268 421,365C421,375 424,390 416,396Z", "M421,365C429,365 479,376 573,399C596,405 599,402 604,374C613,329 616,234 619,115C619,79 628,38 584,40C568,41 546,42 524,44C490,49 512,33 526,22C557,-1 584,-20 604,-40C634,-70 644,-69 654,-56C681,-18 695,20 691,54C669,242 662,351 680,383C687,398 688,409 680,415C664,429 642,440 618,449C604,454 592,454 582,448C535,422 480,405 416,396C406,394 411,363 421,365Z", "M432,294C478,277 521,265 556,252C570,248 587,259 567,284C544,312 514,320 484,321C431,324 400,306 432,294Z", "M428,110C438,99 450,95 464,108C489,133 534,164 584,198C626,227 628,255 582,231C527,204 462,170 416,164C377,160 408,130 428,110Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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